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300 trucks stranded at Assam-Bengal border over raw coke shipments
Andhra Pradesh lorry owners have appealed to the central government to intervene as nearly 300 trucks remain stuck at the Assam-Bengal border. Approximately half the vehicles are reportedly carrying raw petroleum coke destined for Visakhapatnam.
LSN India ·
Nearly 300 trucks have been stranded at the Assam-Bengal border, prompting the Andhra Pradesh transporters' association to seek urgent intervention from the central government. The vehicles are primarily engaged in transporting raw petroleum coke, with about 150 trucks—roughly half the total—carrying consignments bound for Visakhapatnam, according to the association.
The blockade has severely disrupted supply chains for the commodity, which is widely used in industrial applications across India. The stranded trucks represent significant financial losses for lorry owners and delays in critical raw material deliveries to the southeastern port city.
The transporters' association has escalated the matter to federal authorities, citing the urgent need for administrative action to clear the bottleneck. The exact cause of the border congestion and whether it stems from regulatory, administrative, or operational issues remains unclear from available reports.
This incident underscores ongoing logistics challenges affecting cross-state commodity movement in eastern India, a region critical to the country's industrial supply networks.