Commuters harrassed by bus strike

MALDA, July 14: Private bus workers decision to go for an indefinite strike from today has caused huge inconvenience to commuters across the district.Passengers faced difficulties as they had to wait for government owned vehicles which were too packed. The district administration called for a meeting about 4 pm today to sort the on going problem, so that leaders of bus workers withdraw their strike. Workers called a strike to demand for the punishment for a group of students who allegedly beat them up in Kaliachak last week. The students of Kaliachak College wanted all private buses stop near their institution. With only seven limited stoppages, it was difficult to comply with the students requests. n SNS