Private bus and truck drivers across different states staged a protest against new hit-and-run laws, which attracts a 7-10 year prison sentence for drivers falling foul of it. Pics/PTI
Updated On: 2024-01-01 05:42 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
The ongoing strike has impacted the movement of buses and trucks
On Sunday, hundreds of truck and commercial vehicle drivers protesting the new penal laws for hit and run cases blocked the national highway number 2 near Dankuni toll plaza in West Bengal's Hooghly district for around two hours, police said, reported the PTI
They started blocking the road at around 10.30 am on Sunday at Chanditala by burning tyres and parking their vehicles in the middle of the road, the police said
Senior police officers from Chanditala and Dankuni police stations rushed to the spot to persuade truck drivers to lift the blockade on December 31
Police cleared the road blockade and movement of vehicles started at 12.50 pm on Sunday, an officer said
Meanwhile, the drivers enforced a 'chakka jam' on Pithampur Highway in Dhar by putting obstacles on the road
