TNSTC workers continues strike demanding wage hike
Chennai sources have stated that officer goers, school and college students who arrived at bus depots on Friday morning found that depots were packed with buses usually a welcome surprise, except none of them had drivers in them. Meanwhile the commuters were left stranded, but the bus drivers took to the streets to protest against their wages.
Presently the strike affects city buses, inter-city buses as well as government inter-state buses. Many school going children are badly affected because of the strike. In Coimbatore around 90% of the buses are off the roads and the people are put in a tough situation.
Furthermore since transportation is an essential service, it is unclear
why the High Court has refused to act on its own cognizance. Moreover according
to a report it was stated that around 1.8 crore passengers use 20,800 buses for
their commute on a daily basis. Many people are anticipating that the problem
will soon come to an end.