West Bengal bus operators firm on strike

June 22, 2014 02:02 pm | Updated 02:02 pm IST - Kolkata:

Demanding a commitment from the government to increase bus fares, West Bengal’s bus operators Saturday stuck to their decision to call a three—day strike beginning June 25.

Six private bus and minibus operators of the State earlier this week announced the strike protesting against the State government’s failure to revise fares in sync with the diesel price hike.

“We want to know clearly from the Minister whether he will raise the fares, and from which date,” a spokesman of the Joint Council of Bus Syndicate (JCBS), one of the largest bus operators in the state, told mediapersons.

The JCBS runs 37,000 buses across Bengal, including 8,000 in Kolkata.

The JCBS leaders, who held a meeting during the day, said they had taken a unanimous decision to go on strike June 25—27. - IANS

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