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for RTA  TNN Sep 16, 2011, 04.40am IST  MARGAO: Truck owners
from Salcete hit out at the Rivona Truckers' Association (RTA),
who have planned to stop trucks from Navelim, Margao, coastal
areas of Benaulim, Colva and Varca from entering mining sites at
Rivona.  Speaking on behalf of the Salcete truckers' community,
member Sadanand Naik, told mediapersons, "We pay road tax for
the entire state of Goa and not just for a specific area. How
can such a bias towards Rivona truckers be entertained?"  "We
would understand if they demanded that they be given first
preference. Do we stop these Rivona truckers when they carry
bauxite into Margao and then to the Verna industrial estate?"
asked Naik.  Stating that the truckers in the state had always
been united, Naik said that the RTA's move was disturbing and
that the money generated through the mining business was
probably the motive behind the RTA's move.  "Do you find
separate queues when people across So