Private Transport Strike In Bengaluru Tomorrow, Check What's Open And What's Closed

Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation will run extra bus trips in the city and also to Kempegowda International Airport on Monday.

The private transporters claimed that the business have been negatively impacted by the Shakti scheme.

Source : PTI

New Delhi: Several private vehicles are expected to stay off the roads in Bengaluru as the Federation of the Karnataka State Private Transport Associations called for a strike on Monday, news agency PTI reported. The federation comprises 32 private transport associations and most of the private transport services are likely to remain unavailable from Sunday midnight.

According to the news agency, since private maxi cabs are one of the main modes of transport in the city, many schools have declared a holiday to avoid commute inconvenience for the students.

Ever since the Shakti scheme was launched in the southern state, the private vehicles in the transport industry have been demanding to include the private buses too. They had also met transport minister Ramalinga Reddy over this demand and sought compensation for the losses.

The Shakti scheme offers free rides to women on state-run transport buses and the private transport association has called for the strike over their demands seeking a ban on bike taxis, and urging the government to extend the scheme to the private buses, PTI reported.

The private transporters claimed that the business have been negatively impacted by the Shakti scheme and that the Karnataka government has not fulfilled their demands despite repeated discussions.

“About 7 to10 lakh vehicles including autos, taxis, airport taxis, maxi cabs, goods vehicles, school vehicles, also stage carriages, contract carriages and corporate buses, will go off the roads tomorrow,” PTI quoted S Nataraj Sharma, president of the federation as saying.

The federation office bearers will also hold a protest march from Sangolli Rayanna circle to Freedom Park as part of the strike, PTI reported.

Meanwhile, the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will run extra bus trips in the city and also to Kempegowda International Airport to mitigate the inconvenience to the commuters on Monday, as per PTI.

All private airport taxis, Ola, Uber and other app-based cabs, autorickshaws, private buses will remain off the roads. However, all public vehicles, including BMTC buses and metro, food delivery vehicles, and emergency service transport will be operational.