Millions of truckers from across the country are set to go on an indefinite strike from tomorrow, demanding a slew of actions from government, including lowering diesel prices and toll fees, a union leader said today. Unionised truckers claim over 9.3 million members and the strike was announced on May 17.

Government is engaged in last-ditch efforts to persuade truckers in the highly road transport concentrated economy not to go ahead with their call, officials said. "We held a meeting with Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari today but that was inconclusive. We are meeting finance minister Piyush Goyal at 2130 hrs today," Bal Malkit Singh, chairman of the All-India Motor Transport Congress core committee, told PTI over phone.