Vegetable prices inched upwards and petrol pumps dried up across India on the second day of the nationwide strike called by truckers and transporters against provisions of the new penal law on hit-and-run cases, even as reports late on Tuesday said the agitation had been called off.
Earlier in the day, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla chaired a meeting with truckers to break the impasse.
According to the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), which will replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code (IPC), drivers who cause serious road mishaps due to negligent driving and run away without informing the police or the administration can face punishment of up to 10 years or a fine of Rs 7 lakh.
