Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 15: All Jammu and Kashmir Oil & LPG Tank Truck Drivers & Cleaners Union, the representative body of drivers that carries essential petroleum products including Diesel, Petroleum, LPG and ATF today demanded basic facilities for the drivers and cleaners on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
While addressing a press conference here in Jammu, Ranjit Singh Raina, president along with Harasis Singh, spokesperson of the Union urged the Jammu and Kashmir Government to treat the stranded drivers and cleaners of the commercial vehicles especially the goods carrier vehicles as humans beings.
The Union leaders alleged that the drivers and other crew of the stranded vehicles are trapped on road for over a week now but the local administration and government not providing them any assistance.
The Union president blamed the incompetence of the officers of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for their failure in restoration of the highway.
Harasis Singh said that NHAI charges hefty toll fee from all vehicles on the name of maintaining roads and construction of new highways but in the instance case of Jammu-Srinagar they have been exposed completely.
He said none of the officers of the NHAI reached the stranded passengers, drivers, crew to know about their well being who are trapped on road for so many day, no facility on road is provided to anyone.
Singh asked the Government to direct the respective Deputy Commissioners of the district to provide basic facilities to the stranded drivers and crew including, food, warm clothes communication facility, shelter, toilet facility and medical aid. They added the drivers and cleaners of trucks, tankers and other commercial vehicles are also human beings and citizens thus they too deserve the humane treatment.
Union demanded special facility centers for the drivers and cleaners of the tankers, trucks and other vehicles carrying essential goods including petrol, diesel and LPG. It said that on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway these special facility centers should be established at Jhajjar Kotli in Jammu, Udhampur, near Nashri Tunnel, Jawahar Tunnel, Banihal, Kulgam and in Anantnag districts.
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