Auto-rickshaws in Bhubaneswar will stay off the roads today, thousands of auto-rickshaws and taxis remained off the roads in view of protest by the drivers.
The strike called by Smart City Online Auto Association on Wednesday. As a result, they were humiliated.
The agitating drivers staged dharnas at Lower PMG and Janpath in the Capital City.
Around 10,000 auto-rickshaw and car drivers under the aegis of Smart City Online Auto Association launched the agitation in protest against alleged humiliation by agitating bus drivers on Wednesday.
It is pertinent to mention that the Driver Ekata Mahamancha, an organisation of various drivers’ bodies in Odisha, went on an indefinite strike on Wednesday, but the auto-rickshaw drivers in Bhubaneswar and other places in the state did not participate in the drivers’ strike. As a result, some auto-rickshaw drivers were allegedly humiliated and heckled by the bus drivers.
The protester were found staging demonstrations in diffrent parts of the state including Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. they are seen picking on the National Highways and shouting slogans in support of their demands.
