Truckers form JAC to pursue 10-wheeler ban demand

SINGTAM, 03 April: A Joint Action Committee of Truck Owners and Drivers was constituted during a joint meeting of Truck Owners Association and Truck Drivers Association at the Marwari Dharmasala here on Monday. The meeting was chaired by Robin Lepcha of Singtam.
The JAC has Dhanraj Philemon as president, Madan Chettri, Nain Kumar Pradhan, Krishna Chettri and Uttam Rai as vice-presidents, Shyam Kumar and JB Chettri as general secretary, Krishna Chettri as office secretary and DK Rai as treasurer. The committee has also appointed Santosh Agarwal as the chief advisor and 30 other members.
The meeting has decided that the tenure of the committee will be for 3 years. The meeting has further decided that the newly formed committee has to start working on issues mandated to it immediately. One of its main tasks will be to pursue a ban on entry of 10-wheeler trucks on Sikkim roads since these larger vehicles were taking away the livelihoods of local truckers. [from NANDU DUTRAJ]