The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has decided to extend "Moral Support" to a 72-hours truck strike that has been called by the Darjeeling Truck Driver’s Association (DTDA) from today February 12 to Saturday February 14, 2015 against 'Police Harassment' and the prolonged closure of NH 55
On Wednesday Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) Sabhasad Jyoti Kumar Rai, GTA’s in-charge of the transport department and the party’s assistant secretary said: “Our party has decided to support the bandh that has been called by the DTDA on moral grounds. The reasons given by the association for calling the strike are valid and justified. The police must stop harassing the truck drivers”.
As reported by TheDC earlier [details: http://on.fb.me/19aygSk] the DTDA has been forced to call for 3-days of token strike as a protest against continuous police harassment meted out to the Truck drivers, and the administrative apathy towards re-opening of the National Highway - 55.
The DTDA officials have placed three demands:
i) Stop the unnecessary harassment and fleecing of trucks from the hills, in the plains.
ii) Lift the no entry for trucks in Kurseong town, or build a bypass road for the trucks to pass
iii) Restore National Highway - 55 as early as possible.
Commenting on the development, Mr. Hari Prasad Pradhan DTDA President said, "we are thankful to all those organizations who have extended moral support to our strike... as hill dwellers it is important for us to speak out against atrocities and victimization of hill vehicles and drivers in Siliguri area with one voice... we welcome their support..."
He further said, "Even amongst the police there is a distinct difference... those officers who are posted above Kurseong have never harassed us... this harassment is only confined to police stations below Kurseong, and in particular in Siliguri... which makes us believe that this is a targeted harassment of hill vehicles by police from the plains..."
The DTDA had earlier requested the general public to support this strike, and had requested the public to join hands to raise the voice against repeated harassment and fleecing of hill vehicles in Siliguri Commissionerate and the state government's failure to repair the National Highway - 55 even 5 years after its closure.
Source: DC
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| In file Pic: DTDA team meeting GTA Sabhasad in charge of transportation Jyoti Rai |
As reported by TheDC earlier [details: http://on.fb.me/19aygSk] the DTDA has been forced to call for 3-days of token strike as a protest against continuous police harassment meted out to the Truck drivers, and the administrative apathy towards re-opening of the National Highway - 55.
The DTDA officials have placed three demands:
i) Stop the unnecessary harassment and fleecing of trucks from the hills, in the plains.
ii) Lift the no entry for trucks in Kurseong town, or build a bypass road for the trucks to pass
iii) Restore National Highway - 55 as early as possible.
Commenting on the development, Mr. Hari Prasad Pradhan DTDA President said, "we are thankful to all those organizations who have extended moral support to our strike... as hill dwellers it is important for us to speak out against atrocities and victimization of hill vehicles and drivers in Siliguri area with one voice... we welcome their support..."
He further said, "Even amongst the police there is a distinct difference... those officers who are posted above Kurseong have never harassed us... this harassment is only confined to police stations below Kurseong, and in particular in Siliguri... which makes us believe that this is a targeted harassment of hill vehicles by police from the plains..."
The DTDA had earlier requested the general public to support this strike, and had requested the public to join hands to raise the voice against repeated harassment and fleecing of hill vehicles in Siliguri Commissionerate and the state government's failure to repair the National Highway - 55 even 5 years after its closure.
Source: DC
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