By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Traffic on main roads got here to a standstill for quarter-hour on Monday morning through the protest by commerce unions towards the gas worth hike. Members of assorted commerce unions halted their autos on the roads demanding that the central authorities management petrol and diesel costs and cease levying further excise obligation and cess.
At some locations like Kaloor in Kochi and at totally different factors on MC Road, travellers objected to the highway being blocked by commerce unions. They registered their protest by honking and at some locations police requested the protesters to permit visitors. No untoward incident was reported from any district. The commerce unions, nonetheless, stated the protest was a hit.
Furious commuters who waited for a very long time in visitors block because of the LDF’s protest towards the #FuelPriceHike honk their autos to maneuver past the push at Kaloor in Kochi. Several get together employees had been seen arguing with the passengers. Express video | @albin_tnie. pic.twitter.com/u3j0FiJwuG— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) June 21, 2021
Twenty-one commerce unions participated within the protest. They included CITU, INTUC, UTUC, STU, HMS, Seva, TUCI, AITUC, INLC, AICTU and KTUC (M).
On June 19, senior commerce union leaders had convened a press meet in Thiruvananthapuram. They claimed that the excise obligation on petrol and diesel elevated by 248 per cent and 794 per cent respectively underneath the BJP authorities on the Centre. CITU state president Anathalavattom Anandan, INTUC state normal secretary V J Joseph, AITUC state secretary M G Rahul and STU state vice-president Mahin Abubacker attended the press meet.