<p>Nagpur: Police in Maharashtra's Nagpur district on Tuesday said armed escort is being provided to tankers transporting petrol in view of the ongoing agitation by truck and tanker drivers.</p>.<p>A senior officer said 'strike force' teams of police on Tuesday foiled a bid by truckers to block National Highway No 6 at Tarsa in Mauda tehsil.</p>.<p>"Six special strike force teams have been formed in Nagpur district for quick response," said Superintendent of Police Harssh Poddar.</p>.Truckers' protest in Rajasthan turns violent, 3 police personnel injured.<p>Police have registered two separate offences against more than 40 persons for blocking the Nagpur-Umred Road by setting tyres on fire on Monday and arrested 16 of them, an official said.</p>.<p>Police booked nine persons for allegedly blocking the national highway no 6 at Kalmeshwar in Nagpur district a day before.</p>.<p>Various truckers' associations are staging rasta roko protests against 'stricter' punishments in the new law on hit-and-run cases.</p>
<p>Nagpur: Police in Maharashtra's Nagpur district on Tuesday said armed escort is being provided to tankers transporting petrol in view of the ongoing agitation by truck and tanker drivers.</p>.<p>A senior officer said 'strike force' teams of police on Tuesday foiled a bid by truckers to block National Highway No 6 at Tarsa in Mauda tehsil.</p>.<p>"Six special strike force teams have been formed in Nagpur district for quick response," said Superintendent of Police Harssh Poddar.</p>.Truckers' protest in Rajasthan turns violent, 3 police personnel injured.<p>Police have registered two separate offences against more than 40 persons for blocking the Nagpur-Umred Road by setting tyres on fire on Monday and arrested 16 of them, an official said.</p>.<p>Police booked nine persons for allegedly blocking the national highway no 6 at Kalmeshwar in Nagpur district a day before.</p>.<p>Various truckers' associations are staging rasta roko protests against 'stricter' punishments in the new law on hit-and-run cases.</p>