Ensure drivers return, urge transporters

New Delhi, April 15

The Union Home Ministry may have decided to partially relax the lockdown for industrial activity from April 20, but there are no drivers or cleaners to man lakhs of trucks parked along national highways across the country.

The human element in transportation – drivers, cleaners, mechanics and loaders – had somehow managed to reach their hometowns after PM Narendra Modi declared a countrywide lockdown from March 25.

But now, they don’t have the authority or the means to leave their villages, says Indian Foundation of Transport Research and Training (IFTRT) founder SP Singh.

The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) feels the Home Ministry’s guidelines for Lockdown 2.0 will bring some clarity. — TNS