Kochi: Vehicles across the state halted at their as is where is positions between 11 – 11.15 am to protest centre’s incessant hike of fuel prices that has rendered lives of people miserable.
The strike was held under aegis of trade unions collectively. The protest chiefly aimed against steady upping of surcharge and cess on fuel prices and called for the centre to stop its relentless raising of fuel costs even as international prices lie low.
Participating unions comprised : CITU, INTUC, UTUC, ASTU, HMS, TUCA, AIUTCU, INLC, AICTU, KTUC(M, HMKP, KTUC, NTUA,KTUC(B), KTUC(J), NLC TUCC, NTUA and JTU.
