Private buses in Kerala will be off the roads tomorrow following a strike call given by 'Samyuktha Samara Samithy' of bus operators in the State to press their outstanding demands.Talking to newspersons here, Kerala State Private Bus Operators Federation (KSPBOF) President A K Abdulla said the operators would go on indefinite strike from December one if their demands were not conceded by the state...
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Kerala State Private Bus Owners’ Federation has demanded that the government take a fresh look at the fare concession given to students travelling on private stage carriers. In a memorandum submitted to the Transport Department, the federation said the number of students travelling by public transport had increased and so had the operational cost of buses. Both factors had affected the income of the...
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private bus operators in the State have decided to go ahead with a token strike on November 24, as the discussions held with Transport Minister Jose Thettayil at the Government Guest House here on Saturday failed to reach a consensus. Office-bearers of the Kerala Private Bus Operators’ Federation said the Minister said their demands could not be accepted at present. . Mr. Thettayil said immediate decisions...
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Opening the transport sector forcorporate entities, the Delhi Government today gave itsapproval for the first ambitious cluster bus fleet projectunder which a private operator would be alloted certain routesfor running buses.Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, after a Cabinet meetingsaid, it has been decided to award the contract for the firstcluster project to Star Bus Services Pvt Ltd which had emergedas...
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Delhi cabinet Monday cleared the proposal for the start of corporatization of the city's private bus service in order to phase out the bluelines.At present in Delhi, the blueline buses are run by individual operators who have either a number of buses or a single bus. Under the new scheme Delhi has been divided into 17 clusters. A cluster is a group of bus routes chosen on the basis of topography and...
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Delhi cabinet today cleared the proposal for the start of corporatization of the city's private bus service in order to phase out the bluelines."At present in Delhi, the blueline buses are run by individual operators who have either a number of buses or a single bus. Under the new scheme Delhi has been divided into 17 clusters. A cluster is a group of bus routes chosen on the basis of topography and...
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joint action committee (JAC) comprising five APSRTC unions excluding theNational Mazdoor Union (NMU) on Saturday decided to issue a strike notice to theRTC management on November 26 and if there is no response, threatened to go on astrike any time after December 10.The JAC includes the APSRTCemployees association, Staff and Workers Federation, Karmik Sangham, KarmikParishad and the Rashtriya Mazdoor...
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operations in Uttarakhand will come to a grinding halt on November 10 as bus operators would go on a 'Chakka Jam' strike to protest plying of illegal contract vehicles in the state.With Kumoan Motors Operators Union joining the agitation against the contract vehicles, the bus operators' stir is expected to be intensified in coming days. The bus operators have now formed Uttarakhand Bus Operators Mahasangh...
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recent days, there have been complaints from gullible passengers that many fly-by-night private bus operators cheated them and behaved in a rude manner. Passengers were not only fleeced, but forcibly off-loaded at some point instead of the actual destinations, it has come to light, police say.Sample this. A person who boarded a bus in Chennai to Madurai was suddenly told to get down at Tiruchi. Similarly,...
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up with the alleged'dadagiri' (arm twisting tactics) of private bus operators, the MaharashtraState Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has decided to withdraw all itsoperations on Madhya Pradesh routes from October 28.The suddendecision follows after four drivers and four conductors of four MSRTC buses werearrested on October 24, by Indore police on the directions of superintendent ofpolice, allegedly...
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