Bhubaneswar: Bus strike will not be held in Odisha for the time being, said Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu after a meeting with the bus owners’ association here, today.
“The meeting between the Transport Department and the association members was successful. There will be no bus strike. The association will submit its demands in written form within October 30. A departmental committee will look into the demands,” the minister said.
“We have introduced LAccMI service in interior areas where there is no bus service at all. The bus owners welcomed the decision. The bus owners did not oppose the scheme as a whole. They just wanted us to not introduce this scheme at places where there are private buses already plying. They have some other demands as well. We will try to fulfill those demands in due course of time through dialogue,” she added.
However, bus owners’ association secretary Debendra Sahu said the meeting was neither a success nor a failure. “The bus strike has been postponed till October 31. It has not been called off. The general body of the association will take decision on further course of action in a meeting to be held on October 30,” he said.
“We have submitted a bus route chart to the government. We are waiting for the resolution of the government,” he
added.
