Bus services of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) were disrupted across the state today as various trade unions called for a 24-hour-long strike from midnight demanding pay revision.
The strike by the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) trade unions on Friday left passengers stranded as buses are not plying on the roads.The strike commenced Friday early morning. Even the union affiliated to the ruling CPI-M is .
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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.