90% of buses are not running in Chennai!
Trade unions across the country have called for a two-day general strike on May 28 and 29, denouncing the central BJP government for various demands, including curbing inflation and implementing the old pension scheme for central and state government employees. A general strike is taking place in all states, including Tamil Nadu. As the central government’s public sector companies also took part in the strike, the bank, LIC and The work involved has also been compromised. The state unions have also expressed full support for the strike. DMK in Tamil Nadu The trade union LPF, the communist unions CITU, AITUC Supported by 12 unions including.
According to this, the workers belonging to these unions are participating in the strike which started today. This has had a huge impact on bus traffic. Preliminary information has come out that 90% of the buses in Chennai are not running. Since today is Monday, people going to work and students going to school and college are in great distress. Crowds wave at bus stops.
The union executives who announced the strike have decided to join the strike earlier today in federal government offices. Protests are taking place in 11 places in Chennai today. About 15,000 policemen are on security duty in Chennai. One lakh policemen are on surveillance duty across the state. The unions say more than 25 crore people will take part in the nationwide strike.