DPT transporters go on strike, but call it off within hours

RAJKOT: There was a pile-up of vans at the Gate 1 of Deendayal Port Trust (DPT) in Kandla, Gandhidham, Kutch when transporters went on a flash strike on Sunday. However, the strike was called off and transporters resumed work after talks with DPT officers by late afternoon.

The transporters have been protesting against the DPT's order which mandates that a clerk at the Gate 1 to assemble the entire documents of each vehicle and in addition habits the weighing of the goods loaded within the automobiles. “When only one clerk is saddled with such a lot of task, all the workout is certain to turn into bulky, inflicting lengthen to the movement of vans," mentioned an agitating transporter.

There was a 2-km-long line of vans at the DPT witnessed on Sunday.

DPT officers mentioned that the decision was taken to avoid unauthorized access/go out of cargo automobiles throughout the port. They mentioned that the SOP (usual operating procedure) was made as according to procedure where Customs House Agent (CHA) authorization is required to permit cargo automobiles inside port.