The strike followed a call given by the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) demanding reduction in diesel prices and quarterly revision instead of the current daily revision, ensuring seamless movement of trucks by revising road toll collection, transparency and reduction in third-party insurance premium through exemption of GST, abolition of TDS, rationalisation of presumptive income, national permit for buses and tourist vehicles and abolition of direct port delivery tendering system and streamlining port congestion. IN PIC: Stranded lorries at CMDA truck terminus in Chennai. (Express | P Jawahar)