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The figures are also very low in Honduras with 25 retreaded tyres per 100 new tyres, El Salvador and Uruguay with 20 tyres, Bolivia with 17 tyres and Nicaragua with 9 tyres. In the last case, the picture is rather ridiculous as Nicaragua has no taxes for the new tyres, but does have taxes for retreaded tyres, Romero said.
Giving all these developments, it is hard to say what would happen to the retreading industry in the future. Some people believe the industry could simply disappear in the similar way that the car tyre retreaders segment has almost disappeared. Hules Banda,
however, believes that this will not be the case, and the retreading industry would endure despite all challenges.
“This is something we are counting on”, Romero said. This is because of the environmental impact of the industry. It is well-known that the cost of retreaded tyres is nearly two times less as compared to the new tyres, and its production cause 74% less CO2 emissions and 60% solid waste production. And on top of this, the retreading companies have to comply with the same safety regulations as the new tyre manufacturers, Romero concluded.
Embadi Ravinder, BJP State committee member Rao Amarender Reddy, CPI urban district secretary Mekala Ravi, State leader Thakkallapalli Srinivas Rao, senior Telugu Desam leaders Ega Mallesham and Pulluri Ashok
Karimnagar, and the Congress will raise the issue in the Assembly,” he said.
The striking politicians claimed that the tyre retreading unit was relocated with vested interests in mind, accusing the TRS of giving
Hunger Strike Over Telangana Retread Plant
News is emerging of a political dispute in India surrounding the relocation of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation’s (TSRTC) retread plant at Hanamkonda, north-east of Hyderabad, to the nearby town of Karimnagar.
According to an article published in The Hindu, the dispute resulted in a hunger strike organised by
Opposition party leaders on July 15 in protest at the State Government’s actions in relocating the plant. Prominent local politicians taking part in the relay hunger strike to demand the restoration of the retreading unit included Warangal DCC president Naini Rajender Reddy, Greater Warangal Congress president Katla Srinivas Rao, working president
Kumar.
Addressing the gathering, Bhadrachalam Congress MLA Podem Veeraiah said that the State Government, controlled by the Telangana separatist party TRS, had gone back on a number of promises made after the elections. “There is no need for the government to shift the tyre retreading unit from Warangal to
away the prime land on which the plant was located to a TRS leader or his relative on a long lease.
It was also claimed that the TRS leaders were planning to grab another piece of prime land which belongs to Kakatiya Urban Development Authority (KUDA) near Hanamkonda bus station.
Source: The Hindu