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Saluru and Parvatipuram towns, erstwhile large transport hubs successful the North Andhra, are witnessing a dependable diminution successful their prominence owed to the rising substance prices, precocious outgo of caller vehicles, and insufficient transport bookings.
Saluru municipality successful Parvatipuram-Manyam territory for the past six decades has been known for its thriving lorry industry. Earlier, astatine immoderate fixed constituent of clip 1 would spot astatine slightest 2,500 lorries successful the town. However, the fig has dropped to 600 presently. Many lorry owners are selling their vehicles astatine propulsion distant prices arsenic they are incapable to make capable income to screen the salaries of the drivers and their livelihood. A akin concern is seen successful the Parvatipuram town. Lorry owners complaint ₹8 to ₹10 per kilometre arsenic transport charges. They cannot hike the rates owed to pugnacious contention for others successful the business.
Adding to the strain is the summation successful substance prices of ₹3.9 per litre successful 2 phases successful the past 1 week.
Speaking to The Hindu, Parvatipuram Vasavi Lorry Owners Association president Gorle Venkata Ramana has asked the authorities to revive ‘oil excavation accounts’ to mitigate the transport assemblage whenever determination is fluctuation successful crude lipid prices. He said: “The past Atal Bihari Vajpayee authorities removed ‘oil excavation account’ successful April, 2022. Earlier, the authorities utilized to debar burdening the transport assemblage with the accommodation of the wealth from the lipid excavation relationship which utilized to person a buffer magnitude of ₹5,000 crore.
Former lawman main curate and erstwhile MLA of Saluru Peedika Rajanna Dora person appealed to the authorities to denote a bailout bundle for the lorry industry, which provides livelihood to thousands of radical straight and indirectly. He asked the State authorities to trim section taxes connected petrol and diesel to supply alleviation to the transport sector. He highlighted that the substance prices were little successful Odisha and different States compared to Andhra Pradesh.
