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Bus operators to intensify stir
The Telangana State Cabs and Bus Operators’ Association (TSCBOA) decided to intensify its protest against the imposition of border tax on contract carriage vehicles by the Andhra Pradesh government. In its meeting held at GPL Garden near Karmanghat on Saturday, the association also decided to mount pressure on the Telangana government to reduce road tax by more than half.
to put pressure on both AP and TS governments and seek Guv’s intervention
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Cabs and Bus Operators’ Association (TSCBOA) decided to intensify its protest against the imposition of border tax on contract carriage vehicles by the Andhra Pradesh government. In its meeting held at GPL Garden near Karmanghat on Saturday, the association also decided to mount pressure on the Telangana government to reduce road tax by more than half.
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Speaking to media persons after the meeting, TSCBOA president Syed Nizamuddin said the bus operators would hold protest meetings in different parts of the city for a month before taking the agitation to the next level. Beginning from May 9, the protest meetings will be held on every Saturday at Afzalgunj, Vidya Nagar, Kukatpally and Hitec City. “If both the AP and the Telangana governments remain inert to our demands, then we will approach Governor ESL Narasimhan seeking his intervention to resolve the issue.
If all our efforts prove futile, then the bus operators would not pay road tax for the next quarter,” announced Syed Nizamuddin. Stating that bus operators from Telangana were being forced to pay border tax of Rs 330 per seat or nearly Rs 8,000 for a 22-seater bus per single trip to the AP government, he said that the entire industry would collapse if this continued for a few more months. Similarly, the TSCBOA president said the Telangana government must reduce the road tax as the present slab of Rs 893 per seat was fixed during the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh.
“Rs 893 per seat meant for all 23 districts. With Telangana being a separate State, the State government should reduce it proportionately,” he demanded. Syed Nizamuddin also informed that the TSCBOA had made separate representations to Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, N Chandrababu Naidu and K Chandrashekar Rao respectively, requesting them to consider the demands of bus operators.
“Besides causing heavy losses to the bus operators of Telangana, the border tax would smash the tourism sector of Andhra Pradesh as everyday nearly 5,000 buses are operated to destinations like Tirupati, Srisailam, Sri Kalahasti, Kanaka Durga Temple of Vijayawada and Mantralayam,” he said. to put pressure on both AP and TS governments and seek Guv’s intervention
