The All Indian Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) called off the strike after meeting the Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal and Transport Minister Ram Bilas Sharma, on Wednesday. OSD to the Chief Minister, Jawahar Yadav, said keeping in view the interests of the people, the Haryana Government has given one year time to the transporters to follow the rules for fitness of their vehicles. Brahm Wadhwa, President of AIMTC, said the issue had come to an end after the meeting with Chief Minister and the Transport Minister. “We have called off the strike”, he added.
He said the call for strike had been given on the issue of oversized dimesion of vehicles, but now that the state government had given them one year time period for ensuring fitness of vehicles, the transporters would run their vehicles in compliance with the rules. The transporters, who had gone on strike on Tuesday midnight for indefinite period, affected commercial transportation of goods on Wednesday before the strike was called off.Automobile Carrier Welfare Association (ACWA) which claims to have 60,000 truckers in its fold, were on strike against the non-renewal of fitness certificates by the state government as the vehicles were "oversized" and exceeded specified dimensions.