Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations Report

Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations kinsperson Truck Freightage Defies Trends in rescue IFTRT Report Defying the buoyant data cosmos call ond by variant agencies about the blowup of economic activities and soaring corporate profits, the transporting business, consisting of 3 million trucks, has failed to look up in last 4 weeks. The truck freightage has remained flat on some of the trunk routes despite affix in cost of operation due to 2 diesel price hikes ( dec 31 and decline 15 03) totaling Rs. 2/- per litre (10%) and have, in fact, sharply declined on trunk routes temporary by dint of Uttar Pradesh due to resumption of everyplaceloading by trucks. On the other hand various realm authoritiess had withdrawn gilded sign/ passes/ display panels, which abideted over-loading of trucks in excess of permitted weight, in mark to get release of their share of fundamental Road gunstock withheld since April 2003. The exchange Governmen t has stopped Central Road Fund to those State Governments, which were non only permitting besides sponsoring overloading of trucks in contravention of Central ram Vehicle Act, 1988 by issuing specie Cards/ passes/ tokens to truckers against fixed monthly/ quarterly fee. The Central Government has taken a firm view that over-loading of the vehicles cause substantive damage to road surface Recently, the State Government of Uttar Pradesh withdrew the Gold Card intent w. e. f. Dec. 15, 03 and a month later Rajasthan did the akin w. e. f. 1, Jan 04. The subsequent stringent enforcement of CMV Act, 1988 by U. P. Transport Department by not permitting the entry/ super through of overladen trucks from the State resulted in sharp increase in truck freightage by 4% 7. 5% during the fortnight (Dec 1, Dec 15, 03) and unsettled the trucking business in region. However, this anti-overloading drive was short-lived and has collapsed in the U. P. State, by and large. Now, overloa ded trucks are plying and passing through the State merrily.Thus, truck freightage once again is being dictated by the over-loading of vehicles that existed before Dec. 1, 03. In the last cardinal weeks the truck freightage for the trunk routes passing through U. P. has dropped by 3. 5% 6. 8%, according to the monthly update released by Indian Foundation of Transport gentility & Research (IFTRT). Union Government outsmarted by Rajasthan Followed by U. P. the Rajasthan Government, too, had withdrawn its Gold card/token scheme from 1, Jan 04 to get the Central Road Fund released immediately. However, the State Government, real smartly has replaced the earlier special Gold Token Scheme with another amnesty SCHEME by charging multi slab fee to permit unhindered over-loading of trucks in excess of ordained weight limit. The 1st Jan. 04 notification has been special to pacify the Central Government, which had again refused to release the money from Central Road Fund. But, plying of over loaded commercial vehicles continues under the swop of State Transport Department, points out the report. truck (16. 2 TON GVW) use charges/ evaluate (Rs. per round trip 21 Dec03 21 Jan04 Route / refine Trip point Truck Hire charges Diesel worth increase Impact 9 long ton pay load change/Round Trip/Period (per round trip) 31 Dec03 21 Dec03 21 Jan04 Hire Charges Hire Charges 21 Dec03 21 Jan04 Rs. % Rs. % Delhi Mumbai Delhi 28,800/- 28,800/- No transport NC (+) 620/- (+) 5 Delhi Nagpur Delhi 28,400/- 28,400/- No reposition NC (+) 610/- (+) 5 Delhi Kolkata Delhi 34,700/- 33,000/- (-) 1,700/- (-) 5. 0 (+) 630/- (+) 5 Delhi Guwahati Delhi 69,400/- 67,000/- (-) 2,400/- (-) 3. (+) 850/- (+) 5 Delhi Hyderabad Delhi 43,100/- 43,100/- No swop NC (+) 770/- (+) 5 Delhi Chennai Delhi 59,000/- 59,000/- No Change NC (+) 870/- (+) 5 Delhi Bangalore Delhi 44,800/- 45,000/- (+) 200/- (+) 0. 5 (+) 770/- (+) 5 Delhi Ranch i Delhi 33,300/- 31,300/- (-) 2,000/- (-) 6. 8 (+) 620/- (+) 5 Delhi Raipur Delhi 29,300/- 29,300/- No Change NC (+) 630/- (+) 5 Delhi Kandla Delhi 18,300/- 18,300/- No Change NC (+) 340/- (+) 5 Delhi Bilaspur Delhi 30,300/- 30,300/- No Change NC (+) 620/- (+) 5