Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 30: In a major relief to the public, Jammu and Kashmir transport unions which had called for complete strike on Wednesday, called it off after lengthy discussions held with the Divisional Commissioner of Jammu.
An official here said that the negotiations concluded at 2 am Wednesday with four out of five demands accepted in principle by the UT government.
The consensus was reached after second round of talks held under the chairmanship of Divisional Commissioner Jammu Raghav Langer; wherein presidents and office bearers of various unions of Jammu, as well as Kashmir provinces, mutually agreed to the proposed formula.
The President of All J&K transport welfare unions, Vijay Singh Chib informed that the government has agreed to the recovery of arrears of passenger tax in instalments, from commercial, passenger vehicle owners.
Similarly, a committee shall be constituted to look into the demand of phasing out of vehicles more than 20 years old from non attainment cities of Jammu and Srinagar in a staggered manner.
Transport Commissioner J&K, Pradeep Kumar, and Deputy Commissioner and SSP of Jammu were present in the meeting with the transporters, he said. |
