On the second consecutive day, truck drivers staged protests at several places in Maharashtra on Wednesday against the stringent penal provisions for hit-and-run cases under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), reported news agency PTI.

Truck drivers blocked traffic on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Mira Bhayandar area of Thane district and stopped traffic on the Sion-Panvel highway at Kalamboli in Raigad district, one of the leaders of the agitators said, reported PTI.