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Telangana petrol tanker owners to go on strike from today

Their main demand was immediate withdrawal of the 14.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) imposed on transportation charges.

Hyderabad: Telangana State Petroleum Tank Trucks Owners Association has threatened to go on a strike from Sunday midnight, bringing petrol, diesel and LPG cylinder supply to a halt in the city and elsewhere in the state

Association president K. Rajashekhar Reddy said their main demand was immediate withdrawal of the 14.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) imposed on transportation charges.

Earlier on Saturday, Commercial Taxes department officials held talks with Oil Marketing Company officials. Later in the evening, they met with truck/tanker owners and efforts were on to convince them to call off the strike.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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