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Home / News / India News / Photos / IN PHOTOS: Private bus and truck drivers protest against new hit-and-run laws

IN PHOTOS: Private bus and truck drivers protest against new hit-and-run laws

Updated On: 01 January, 2024 05:42 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

Private bus and truck drivers across different states staged a protest against new hit-and-run laws, which attracts a 7-10 year prison sentence for drivers falling foul of it. Pics/PTI

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Private bus and truck drivers across different states staged a protest against new hit-and-run laws, which attracts a 7-10 year prison sentence for drivers falling foul of it. Pics/PTI

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Private bus and truck drivers across different states staged a protest against new hit-and-run laws, which attracts a 7-10 year prison sentence for drivers falling foul of it. Pics/PTI
<p>The ongoing strike has impacted the movement of buses and trucks</p>

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The ongoing strike has impacted the movement of buses and trucks

<p>On Sunday, hundreds of truck and commercial vehicle drivers protesting the new penal laws for hit and run cases blocked the national highway number 2 near Dankuni toll plaza in West Bengal`s Hooghly district for around two hours, police said, reported the PTI</p>

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On Sunday, hundreds of truck and commercial vehicle drivers protesting the new penal laws for hit and run cases blocked the national highway number 2 near Dankuni toll plaza in West Bengal`s Hooghly district for around two hours, police said, reported the PTI

<p>They started blocking the road at around 10.30 am on Sunday at Chanditala by burning tyres and parking their vehicles in the middle of the road, the police said</p>

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They started blocking the road at around 10.30 am on Sunday at Chanditala by burning tyres and parking their vehicles in the middle of the road, the police said

<p>Senior police officers from Chanditala and Dankuni police stations rushed to the spot to persuade truck drivers to lift the blockade on December 31</p>

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Senior police officers from Chanditala and Dankuni police stations rushed to the spot to persuade truck drivers to lift the blockade on December 31

<p>Police cleared the road blockade and movement of vehicles started at 12.50 pm on Sunday, an officer said</p>

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Police cleared the road blockade and movement of vehicles started at 12.50 pm on Sunday, an officer said

<p>Meanwhile, the drivers enforced a `chakka jam` on Pithampur Highway in Dhar by putting obstacles on the road</p>

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Meanwhile, the drivers enforced a `chakka jam` on Pithampur Highway in Dhar by putting obstacles on the road

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