PLGA Week Begins; OSRTC Suspends Bus Services For A Week In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Government bus services have been temporarily suspended in several places across the state by Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) in the wake of People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) week by the Maoists, also known as ‘Saheed Saptah Naxal Strike’.

The PLGA Week is to be observed by red rebels from December 2 to 8. During this week, the ultras organise meetings in the villages and try to lure the rural folk, especially the youth mass, to join them as cadres.

Normal life was thrown out of gear as government buses are the only means of transportation on some routes. Bus services have been suspended on five routes in Berhampur, three in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack each, eight in Jeypore, nine in Malkangiri, a route in Rayagada and Sambalpur each, and four in Bhanjanagar, Bhawanipatna, Phulbani, Nabarangpur, and Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) each.

Adequate security arrangements have been made by the civil and police administrations to avoid any untoward incident.