Lahaul-Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): Two doctors and local volunteers have been deputed at check post in Lahaul-Spiti district to screen the drivers and sanitise vehicles every day as truck drivers drive through snow-clad Rohtang Pass to deliver goods of daily usage to far-
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 22 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday directed all officials of border districts to ensure screening of truck drivers and helpers entering the state for coronavirus symptoms.
Dispur (Assam) [India], April 22 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday directed the concerned officials in Kokrajhar and Dhubri to strictly screen the truck drivers and their associates entering the region, at Boxirhat and Srirampur gates, for coronavirus symptoms.
Imphal (Manipur) [India], April 15 (ANI): Amid coronavirus-induced countrywide lockdown, the Manipur government is conducting regular screening of drivers and handymen of goods trucks, which are transporting essential commodities.
Ernakulam (Kerala) [India], April 13 (ANI): The Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (SupplyCo) is distributing food and water to truck drivers in the district. The Corporation is charging Rs 30 from the drivers for the same.
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The truckers plying on the highways to carry medicines and essential items during the lockdown do not have usual places to eat and NHAI is providing them food at its toll plazas.
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], April 6 (ANI): An ambulance driver and a truck driver from Alappuzha distributed free food to drivers on the National Highway during the COVID-19 lockdown.
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Migrants trying to reach their native places in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have become the geese that lay golden eggs for truck drivers who are asking for a bomb to carry them to their destinations.
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): A group of migrant workers here on Saturday alleged that truck drivers are charging them Rs 100 per head for dropping them to their native villages in Madhya Pradesh.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Several truck drivers, many with goods loaded on their vehicles, have been stuck in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur for over a week as state borders are closed amid the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): The Truck drivers who had come to deliver essential goods here are stuck and facing problems amid the nationwide lockdown.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested three people who used to pretend themselves as terrorists and extort money from truck drivers by threatening them here.