New Delhi, July 20 (KNN) Truckers under the aegis of All India Motor Transport Congress went on an indefinite strike demanding slew of actions from government, including lowering diesel prices, toll fees and reduction in insurance premium.

Talking to KNN, Naveen Gupta, AIMTC Secretary General said we have raised the concerns and demands of the trucker before Union Finance Minsiter Piyush Goyal yesterday and waiting for concrete results from their side.

He said, "We need concrete results as assurances have been rolled out since many years but this time this sector needs absolute results not assurances."

The government should consider the demands of transport sector in a very empathizing manner and get it resolved as early as possible, he added.

Truckers' key demands include reduction in Central and state taxes by getting diesel under GST ambit so that price of the deregulated commodity can be reduced. 

Also, the association is against the "flawed and non-transparent" toll collection system that favors road concessioners.

Apart from this, they are also pressing for exemptions and abolitions in direct taxes, national permits for all buses and trucks and also doing away with the direct port delivery tendering system.

Established in 1936, the All-India Motor Transport Congress and calls itself as the apex body of transporters representing over 93 lakh truckers and around 50 lakh buses, tourist taxi and cab operators.