Press Trust of India / Kolkata Jul 24, 2009, 09:53 IST
The metropolis wore a deserted look today as private buses, minibuses and autorickshaw operators went on an indefinite strike after their meeting with the West Bengal government on a high court order banning 15-year-old vehicles in the city failed.
People were seen waiting for state-run buses to reach their destinations especially to the airport, Howrah and Sealdah railway stations.
Packed trains and underground metro have been running normally, officials said.
The government-run ferry service from Howrah station to the ghats on the bank of the Hooghly river was also operating normally.
Some auto-rickshaws were also seen plying on shorter routes. Cycle-rickshaw pullers were demanding extra money to ferry passengers.
While the taxis are likely to return on the roads tomorrow, bus and minibus operators have threatened to continue the strike "indefinitely" unless they were financially helped by the state government to phase out the old vehicles.
The Calcutta High Court order banning all 15-year-old commercial vehicles from the Kolkata metropolitan area would come into force from August one.
The conceited vision of the left run government and the paralysis of action makes the west bengal government a very dangerous medicine for common man.The left promoted unions and pardonned their shoddy service which resulted in a state where the city has developed into a highly polluted and deplorable services status.This status affects all but they are paralysed into thinking the same shoddy way in all services eg; roads,electricity,civic services,hospitals and law & order.Why would the left promote such confused entanglement is a study of serious thoughts.Can the left survive by promoting confused thoughts and deplorable service.Only the future has the knowledge about these.
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