Private water tanker lorry owners to go on strike from 30 Aug

The Tamil Nadu private water tanker lorry owners’ association has threatened to go on strike from August 30 if truckers are not given licences to tap water. Nearly 15,000 private lorries, operated in four districts — Kancheepuram, Chennai, Chengalpattu and Tiruvallur — would stay off the roads, said the association’s president N Nijalingam pointing to the delay in renewing licence for tankers to operate and also giving licence to owners of borewells. He said efforts should be taken by authorities to renew licences at the earliest and avoid any delay.