MDA files case against taxing drivers
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 01 2022:
As repeated requests to stop collection of money in the name of entry fee and unloading and weighing charges from truck drivers bringing rations from outside while entering FCI warehouse in Imphal remain unheeded, Manipur Drivers' Association (MDA) has filed a case in the High Court of Manipur.
MDA assistant secretary Khundongbam Sangitcharan told media persons that MDA had repeatedly urged authority concerned to stop collection of entry fee, unloading charge and weighing charges from drivers of truck carrying rice and other essentials from outside while entering FCI warehouse as these fees are irrelevant but collection of the same fees continues unabated.
As authority concerned remained indifferent to the repeated reminders in this regard, MDA decided to seek legal help and accordingly filed a writ civil petition in the High Court.