Updated Mar 02, 2021 | 11:17 IST
Kerala strike today: Normal life was affected in the state. Private buses, taxis, autorickshaws and private buses remained off the roads across the state. Kerala strike: KSRTC buses plying with few passengers | Photo Credit: ANI
Thiruvananthapuram: Normal life was affected in Kerala as protests rocked the state for the second consecutive day on Monday. Kerala Motor Vyavasaya Samrakshana Samiti is observing a 12-hour long statewide motor strike today in protest against the rising fuel prices.
In view of a dawn-to-dusk motor strike, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is running only minimal bus services. The agitation began at 6.00 am and auto-rickshaws and private buses remained off the roads across the state.
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KSRTC is running only minimal bus services in Kerala, taxis and autos also kept away from roads. (Photo/ANI)
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Kochi (Kerala) [India], March 2 (ANI): Protesting fuel price hike Kerala Motor Vyavasaya Samrakshana Samiti has called for a 12-hour strike on Tuesday.
Trade unions and employers organisations informed about the strike in a joint press meet on February 23.
While the protesters did not prevent the movement of private vehicles, the state-owned Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) plied on road. However, only a few KSRTC buses were seen plying with a few passengers. In Kochi, the metro services were operating as usual.
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Normal life is likely to be disrupted on account of the Statewide dawn-to-dusk motor strike on March 2 called by the Kerala Motor Vyavasaya Samrakshana Samiti to protest against the frequent hike in the price of petroleum products and cooking gas.
Except the BMS, all other trade unions pledged support to the 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. stir called by the samiti, an umbrella organisation of the trade unions affiliated to INTUC, CITU, AITUC, and organisations of owners of various class of vehicles like private stage carriers, lorries, trucks and other commercial vehicles.
Taxies, autorickshaw and the private stage carriers across the State would remain off the road in response to the strike call, the samiti claimed. Normal life would be affected as public transport would be hit.