Kerala holds State-wide protests against hike in fuel prices
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Trade union leaders led the strike and halted their automobiles in the street corridors at designated factors for quarter-hour from 11 a.m. in response to a name given by the Joint Action Committee of Trade Unions
Vehicular visitors got here to a standstill at many vital junctions throughout Kerala on Monday following a 15-minute motor strike known as by the Joint Action Committee of Trade Unions to protest against the hike in value of the petroleum merchandise by oil majors.
At designated factors, commerce union leaders led the strike and halted their automobiles in the street corridors for quarter-hour from 11 a.m. in response to the decision given by the joint motion committee. Several motorists had been caught in visitors snarls as auto rickshaws, taxies, lorries and personal stage carriers stopped the automobiles and the drivers joined the stir.
Kunhalikutty leads stir
Ambulances and people shifting the sick to hospitals had been averted from the strike. At PMG junction in the capital metropolis, IUML chief and former Minister P. K. Kunhalikutty inaugurated the protest.
CITU, AITUC, INTUC, AITUC, HMS, STU, UTUC, SEWA, TUCC, TUCI, KTUC, JLU, JTU are a part of the joint committee of 21 commerce unions that known as for the protests. The strike comes amidst the value of premium petrol crossing ₹100 per litre final week in many districts in Kerala and that of petrol and diesel nearing the ₹100 per litre mark.
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