Mizoram tipper truckers ban ‘outsider’ trucks

Aizawl, July 2: The Mizoram Tipper Association (MTA), an umbrella organisation of tipper truck operators in the state has launched an indefinite ban on what it calls “outsider trucks”, operated by non-tribals from outside Mizoram, starting from Sunday.
Following the ban, no trucks from outside the state entered Mizoram since Sunday.
As per the Mizoram tippers operators’ diktat, trucks from outside Mizoram, especially those which carrying sand and bricks, are prohibited from entering Mizoram.
The association is of the view that these trucks from outside the state are “intruding” into the livelihood of the local truck owners and drivers as they were deprived of jobs owing to rapid increase in the number of trucks from outside.
Earlier in May, the association had served an ultimatum to the so-called “outsider trucks” to stop operating in Mizoram and threatened to launch a ban if they continue to carry out operation.
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