CURATED BY – GANESH VAISHNAV | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Narayanpur, Narayanpur District Owner Transport Union's District President Kishore Arya, District Secretary Rupesh Devangan and Patron Brijmohan Devangan and Rupasay Salam shared the information about the indefinite agitation going on regarding the problems in transportation work in a press conference today and said that Narayanpur Owner Transport Union has been requesting in writing and verbally to get an agreement done with the transporter for transportation in Amdai Mines, Swastik Transporter J.K. Villa Silatra has been doing transportation work in Amdai Mines for almost 11 months, but till date our demands have not been considered sympathetically and appropriate action has not been taken due to which the transportation work is getting disrupted, all the members of the Transport Union are facing financial loss. There are difficulties in paying the installments of the vehicles. On 01/01/25 a meeting was held in Vishram Griha Narayanpur between Swastik Transporter resident J.K. Villa Main Road Shankara, Raipur regarding the agreement but no consensus could be reached as per our demands. If a final decision is not taken after considering our demands from 02/01/25 to 03/01/25, then from 04/01/25 all types of two wheelers, passenger buses etc. will be banned by the Transport Union from 04/01/25 on both the roads, except for medical transport and police vehicles engaged in security, at the protest site Kondagaon Road Garhbengal Chowk.

In the meantime, if any kind of inconvenience or accident occurs to the passengers at the protest site, then the responsibility for it will be of Swastik Transporter J.K. Villa Silatra and Nikko management.

Therefore, due to non-fulfillment of the demands of Narayanpur Owner Transport Union, Swastik Transporter J.K. Villa Silatra and Nikko will stage indefinite dharna till an agreement is reached with the management and on 04 January 2025, from 6 am to 5 pm, Chakka Jam will be organized at Garhbengal Chowk Narayanpur. The said demonstration has received support from the traders association of Narayanpur district, people of various communities, all political parties, all bus operators, to whom Narayanpur Malk Parivahan Sangh thanks.

In the above important points, Malk Parivahan Sangh started indefinite agitation and Chakka Jam to enter into an agreement with the transporter...

1) That Narayanpur district will have 80 percent priority in loading and 20 percent will be the participation of transporters, VIPs, Nikko management.

2) That the gate pass of both Narayanpur Parivahan Sangh and transporter will be issued at Garhbengal Chowk. The number of vehicles that are loaded daily, the same number of trucks will go to Chhotedongar.

3) That for transportation, the first party has signed a contract with Swastik Transporter, J.K. For transportation from Villa, Silatra Main Road Shankara, Raipur Mines Chhotedongar Amdai to Raipur Silatra Raipur, Rs. 1330. Akshari Thirteen Sour Thirty Rupees. per ton and for transportation in Gidhali District Balod, Rs. 1090. Akshari One Thousand Ninety Rupees. per ton will be paid.
4) That the payment will be made by the party to the second party by the 5th of the month after transportation.
5) That there will be a reserved space for the trucks of the union up to a distance of 500 meters at the loading point. In which the vehicles of the transporter or the committee will not be parked.
6) That the bill of transportation done by the second party by the first party will be taken from the second party at Narayanpur itself. The entire responsibility of which will be of the first party and the bill will be handed over to the first party by the second party between 1st to 5th of every month.
7) That during the transportation period, the price of diesel will be reduced by a minimum of Rs. 1. In case of increase in price of diesel by minimum 1 rupee, the first party will pay Rs. 6 per tonne extra amount to the second party. And in case of decrease in price of diesel by minimum 1 rupee, Rs. 6 per tonne less amount will be paid. This increase in freight will be effective only for Raipur load.

8) In case of transportation in Gidhali district Balod, the first party will pay Rs. 3 per tonne extra amount to the second party if the price of diesel is minimum 1 rupee and in case of decrease in price of diesel by 1 rupee, Rs. 3 per tonne less amount will be paid.

9) That after loading, the loading list of all the vehicles will be made available to Narayanpur Transport Union by Nikko Management every day.

10) That from 15th July to 15th October, in rainy season, only vehicles of Narayanpur Transport Union and Chhotedongar Danteshwari Samiti will be given loading for transportation work. After loading, if good material is available, then the vehicles of the transporter are transported.