India, June 26 -- Road transport operators have threatened to go on an indefinite strike starting on July 1 if their demands regarding e-challans, fines, cleanliness regulations, and entry restrictions in metropolitan cities are not met by June 30. The strike, likely to impact school buses, employee bus services, Cityflo, Uber Shuttle, intra state buses, truck operators, and other road services, could bring the state's road movement of goods and passengers to a halt.

Stating their issues, transporters said that they are forced to pay penalties and e-challans while the vehicles are on duty, which causes delays and affects their schedule and punctuality. They sought a waiver of the existing fines, and demanded the removal of the rule which...