Kochi: Private bus strike from 21st of this month raising various demands. The Joint Bus Owners’ Strike Committee has announced that the service will be suspended and an indefinite strike will be launched. Officials said the strike came a month after talks with the government failed.
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The main demands of the bus owners are to increase the minimum fare for students to Rs 6 and to waive the vehicle tax on buses till the end of the Kovid period.
But the government wants the minimum bus fare to be increased from Rs 8 to Rs 10. The increase demanded by bus owners is Rs. The decision was delayed due to a lack of understanding on student concession charges.