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LUDHIANA: Supporting the demands of All India Motor Transport Congress ( AIMTC ), the local transport associations of Ludhiana too went on indefinite strike from Friday. No transporters will be accepting any goods for delivery till the strike is over. These are some of the issued due to which AIMTC had decided to call for indefinite strike and all the associations of Ludhiana and Punjab are supporting our agitation and we will not resume operations until every single of our demand is accepted by the government”. "Lohara also added, "Another big problem being faced by us is the regular hike of the tolls which is again leading to increase in our operation costs. In addition to this the insurance premiums have shot up so high that it has put huge additional burden on every transporter and facilities from insurers have remained the same all the while..