CHENNAI: Trailers’ halt strike after Port Trust promise

Source: http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/trailers%E2%80%99-halt-strike-after-port-trust-promise/223740.html

By G Saravanan

Published in The New Indian Express, Chennai, on November 17, 2010:

CHENNAI: The Confederation of Surface Transport - Tamil Nadu, an united body of container trailers and tipper lorries associations, on Tuesday called off their proposed strike from November 22 after a written assurance from Chennai Port management to repair the damaged roads motorable in a month’s time.

Speaking to Express, its president R Sugumar said, “After a two-hour long brainstorming meeting at the Chennai Port Trust’s headquarters with representatives of nine different associations, chairman Atulya Misra gave us a written assurance to repair the damaged roads and make it motorable in a month’s time, hence we called off the strike.”

The strike came to an end on Tuesday evening after assurance by the port management on improving road conditions.
With the threat of truckers’ strike looming large, Port Trust chairman Atulya Misra along with representatives of trailer owners and other associations inspected the damaged roads.
After touring north Chennai roads, they returned to talks table at the Port Trust headquarters to settle the issue amicably. They gave a written assurance that the roads would be repaired in a month’s time. Normal operation are expected to resume in two days’ time, sources from Chennai Port said.