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The All India Motor Transport Congress, which is the top body of the transporters in the country, had demanded from the State government for waiving such a condition.
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In a relief to road transporters, the Maharashtra government has done away with the mandatory RT-PCR test requirement for the truck drivers in the state, industry body AIMTC said on Saturday. The All India Motor Transport Congress, which is the top body of the transporters in the country, had demanded from the State government for waiving such a condition. The state government in its revised guidelines, issued on Saturday, said that the truck drivers may be allowed to enter in the state only after checking the temperature and any other symptoms as well as status of each person on Aarogya Setu .
The Narendra Modi government isn’t the only one responsible for taking bizarre and capricious decisions while framing regulations to deal with a snowballing second Covid-19 wave.
The Maharashtra regime, which decided on Thursday to extend its lockdown restrictions till 7am on June 1, has come up with its own ham-handed response that now threatens to disrupt the movement of goods and supplies to the state which prides itself on its contribution to 25 per cent of the country’s GDP.
On Thursday, the Uddhav Thackeray-led state government said that truckers ferrying goods from anywhere
outside the state would have to restrict the number of people in the vehicle to just two and they would have to carry Covid negative test reports issued no more than 48 hours before the vehicle rolled across the border.
Maharashtra’s new lockdown norms pose supply chain challenge
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Getting fresh RTPCR negative result for truck drivers traversing through state can derail supply chain: AIMTC
Maharashtra’s new lockdown norms-requiring trucks driving into the state from other states to have proof of negative RTPCR test that were issued not more than 48 hours ago-can cripple the supply chain going into the state and going via the state, truck union All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has stated. The new norm has prompted the union to reach out to the State Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray asking him to put in place an alternate and “more practical” solution – like a Rapid Antigen Test, which is quicker than RTPCR. AIMTC has also asked the state to bear the cost of such tests.
New guidelines of Maharashtra govt for truck drivers will cripple supply of essential commodities, says AIMTC
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The new guidelines issued on May 12 say: “In the case of cargo carriers, not more than two people (Driver + Cleaner/ helper) may be allowed to travel in the same. If these cargo carriers are originating from outside the state, these may be allowed to enter into the state with a negative RTPCR test which will have to be issued from upto a maximum of 48 hours before the time of entry into Maharashtra and which will be valid for 7 days.”