NEW DELHI: The time taken by trucks and goods vehicles to cross state borders still ranges from 2 to 9 hours at some of the check points, said All India Motor Transport Congress AIMTC ), the country's biggest truckers' body. This delay is due to RTOs and flying squads carrying out checking of documents and materials of such vehicles besides the waiting time at toll collection points, it said.This is proving to be a spoiler for the Centre's move to ensure seamless movement of goods vehicles after GST was rolled out. All border check-posts for collecting inter-state taxes were also removed. The time taken by trucks to cover major stretches had reduced significantly after these check-posts were abolished.Based on ground reports, All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has prepared a list of state borders where truckers were still spending few hours. For example, the total time taken at Lakhanpur border in Jammu and Kashmir is about nine hours in comparison to 12 hours before GST was rolled out. Similarly, at Rajpura in Punjab it takes about 7-8 hours to cross the border in comparison to 10-12 hours during pre-GST era.For truckers, average time taken to cross three borders in Rajasthan - Sahajhanpur, Bharatpur and Dholpur - is 3-4 hours. At Shamalji in Gujarat, truckers spend about 6-7 hours and at Nayagaon and Sendwa in Madhya Pradesh, the time taken is 6-7 hours.It's no better at Palasaner in Maharashtra and Chirkunda in West Bengal where trucks and cargo vehicles are spending hours to cross through the state borders."There is no doubt that the travel time had reduced significantly soon after the GST rollout as check-posts were removed and a sizeable share of trucks were off the road because of less demand. Now the government must take steps to end harassment and delay caused due to RTOs and other agencies including traffic police. The corruption is still there at many borders," said an AIMTC office-bearer.He said the truckers' body has taken up this issue with the government since if the practice is not curbed, the impact of GST on goods movement won’t be significant.S P Singh of IFTRT, a think tank on transport sector said, "Why are they bringing up the issue of RTOs. The GST rollout has nothing to do with RTOs. They are also overplaying the flying squad issue. They themselves are responsible for the present situation. The habit of flouting norms and rules are the primarily reasons for the mess."