Date:13/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/13/stories/2009011359500300.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Motor merchants organise bandh

Andhra Motor Merchants Association organised a bandh in support of the truckers strike here on Monday. The truckers were on strike since eight days urging the government to resolve their grievances and address demands. The Association general secretary Y.Subba Rao said that the bandh was organised to urge the government to take necessary measures immediately as the prices of essential commodities were rising up.