Paucity of new currency notes has forced 80 per cent trucks to stop plying, Delhi Transporters Association said today, urging the government to extend limit for toll collection and use of old notes at diesel pumps.
"Whereas we support demonetisation, it has been causing complete disarray to the goods transportation/trucking business across the country," the association said in a statement.
Trucking business is largely cash-reliant for en-route expenses like purchase of fuel, toll payments, payment of Green Tax, driver's boarding lodging, repairs, payments to loaders/unloaders etc, it added.
"80 per cent of trucks have already stopped plying due to crunch of new currency. Remaining 20 per cent are also on the verge of stopping plying if these limits are not extended till the currency position eases and is normalised," Delhi Transporters Association President Jaspal Singh Kumar said.
Present suspension of toll collection and acceptance of old currency up to November 24, 2016 is required to be extended and the limit of withdrawal of Rs 50,000 from current account per week is also insufficient, he added.
In case these limits are not extended, the transportation business shall come to a halt as we cannot meet drivers' salary, expenses on purchase of fuel, drivers' boarding and lodging, payments to loaders/unloaders, Green Tax and enroute expenses with this weekly cash withdrawal," Kumar said.
A single trucks requires Rs 20,000-25,000 per day.
"We request the government to kindly extend the limit for toll collection and acceptance of old currency at petrol pumps outlets till the currency position is normalised, so that goods transportation/trucking business in the country keeps moving and the common man does not suffer any hardship," Kumar said.
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