The recurrent increases in fuel prices over the past 10 days are eating into the margins of transporters, who will be forced to pass on the hikes to their customers. Photograph: PTI Photo This, in......
Consolidation has begun, due to which some are trying to trim the business and others are seeking an exit. The situation would worsen after August 31. Transporters are on the verge of surrendering......
This will have an impact on inflation as everyone in the value chain passes on the costs. After being subdued for several months, freight rates on key trunk routes have gone up by 10-15 per cent......
The possibility of harassment by cops and fear of the unknown have forced a large number of truck drivers to abandon vehicles at the transport centres and flee home. Mahendra Choudhary, owner of a......
Some 500,000 drivers and helpers have been left high and dry because of lockdown; many of these trucks are carrying essential goods. Twenty eight-year-old Mohammad Javed, driver of a truck......