The Hindu Business Line : JNPT transport workers to go on indefinite strike

LOADING and unloading operations at Jawaharlal Nehru Port will be affected from Wednesday, with the 12 unions representing the transport operators at the port giving a call for indefinite strike. The transport operators are demanding withdrawal of the toll levied on trucks that ply along the 26-km entrance road to the port.

The road, which is the only link between the port and the Pune expressway, was constructed by JNPT Road Co, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) formed by JNPT, the National Highways Authority of India and CIDCO. The SPV, through a tendering process, contracted with a private company to collect toll on all trucks that entered or exited the port through the road.

After the private contractor began to charge a toll of Rs 130 for every truck that entered or exited the port through the road, the transport operators had gone on strike last month. They had subsequently withdrawn the strike, after the toll charges were reduced by about 30 per cent with an assurance that it would be abolished within a month.

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