Guwahati: The All Assam Motor Transport Association (AAMTA) has called for an indefinite Chakka Bandh from Monday (October 5) in protest against various demands amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
One of the major reasons for the strike is to express their displeasure against the Assam Transport Department not paying heed to their repeated requests to increase bus fares.
The association has highlighted the fact that the government has increased prices of various essential commodities and the price of petrol and diesel. But there has been no subsequent rise in fares which has been hurting their incomes and making it increasingly difficult to meet ends meet.
The earning of the transporters has also been hurt as buses, trackers, e-rickshaws are running at half their capacity in keeping with the COVID protocol.
The statewide strike from Monday would be for an indefinite period.