Puri: Following the death of a driver, private bus operators here have called for 12-hour bandh on Tuesday.
Around 200 buses and 800 employees will take part in the protest, Sri Nilagiri Motor Employees’ Union informed the media on Monday.
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On Thursday, the driver was brutally thrashed by passengers after he rammed the vehicle into a tourist bus on Puri-Konark Marine Drive Road, leaving 24 injured. He was admitted to a nearby hospital in a critical condition and succumbed to the injuries while undergoing treatment.
The association decided to launch the stir over alleged dilly-dallying by Konark police to lodged a complaint in this regard, sources said.
