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Essential commodities such as foodgrains, milk and vegetables will also become expensive,” said Jaimin Vasa, president, Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry. AHMEDABAD/ SURAT/ RAJKOT: As truck transporters began their indefinite strike across the country on Friday, nearly 10 lakh commercial vehicles across the state went off the road. However, if the strike prolongs, it may adversely hit businesses.“Manufacturers will not be able to fulfil order commitments while production would also get affected due to shortage of raw materials. Despite facing a daily revenue loss of Rs 400 crore across the state, transporters have decided to go on strike,” said Mukesh Dave, president, AGTTA.President of Rajkot Goods Transport Association, Hasmukh Bhagdev, said, “Some 7,500 commercial vehicles in Rajkot have joined the strike. We don’t have pending stocks as we had stopped booking since a week.”As the strike was pre-planned and announced in advance, key manufacturing industries as well as exporters had a little buffer time to stock up raw materials..