Chennai: With voices of solidarity rising in the city from various quarters in support of AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa, who was jailed last week, travellers in the state are bearing the brunt with various private transport services in the state cancelling their services in protest.
On Sunday, nearly 6,000 private buses in all districts except Chennai suspended services, and on Monday, 4,000 private mini buses across the state are to stop services between 8 am and 5 pm. These buses run in the state as stage carriages, like MTC services in Chennai. In Chennai, the Omni Bus Owners Association has called for a strike on Tuesday between 6 am and 6 pm. But bus operator associations who called the bandh on Sunday say that it being a holiday season and corporation buses working, the public was not affected much.
Mr P. Murugan, a resident of Gudiyattam, says, "We planned to go to Tirutanni from Gudiyattam through Vellore on Sunday. Normally, we have 150 private services towards Vellore, but on Sunday there was not one. Share autos were running, but they were doubling the charge and we had to depend on a cab."
