Shillong, Nov 8: The Meghalaya Government does not have the legal jurisdiction to impose inter-State freight rates, which is the key demand of the agitating truck owners’ association.

Making a clarification on this demand of the Meghalaya Commercial Truck Owners’ and Drivers’ Association (MCTODA), East Jaintia Hills Deputy Commissioner Shivansh Awasthi said:

“To impose inter-State freight rates is illegal and beyond the legal jurisdiction of the State Government.”

The Meghalaya Government has “notified freight rates for intra-State transportation” and this rate has already been implemented by all cement and clinker plants operating in East Jaintia Hills, Awasthi added.

The MCTODA has demanded that the same notified rates be applied to inter-State transportation. Under the provisions o

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