Truckers harassed at Balongi barrier

Mohali, February 9

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Truck and tempo drivers transporting products out of the state were a harassed lot at the Balongi sales tax barrier here today.

Drivers and cleaners of the vehicles, about 30 in number, had to wait for more than 12 hours to cross the barrier as the server was said to be down at the barrier.

All requests to the staff at the counter about making manual entries of the vehicles fell on deaf ears. Miffed over the long wait and the alleged ‘improper’ behaviour of the staff, the drivers blocked the traffic on the highway. Following this, the staff started recording entries on a register.

Aman, who was transporting products from Ludhiana, said he reached the counter at around 7.45 am. “Around 12 hours have passed but they are not allowing us to go. They are also not listening to our requests of completing the formality manually,” he said. — TNS