The Cuttack Private Bus Owners' Association on Tuesday announced to extend its support to Odisha Private Bus Owners' call to gherao the state Assembly tomorrow (November 22).
The Odisha Private Bus Owners' Association will gherao the Assembly, which is currently in session, in protest against the state government’s Location-Accessible Multimodal Initiative (LAccMI) scheme.
In a press meet, the Cuttack Private Bus Owners' Association president Priyabrata Tripathy said, “Our Association firmly stands with the All Odisha Bus Owners' Association. More than hundred members of our association will take part in the protest.”
“Tomorrow i.e. November 22, the bus owners will stage a protest in front of the Odisha Assembly from 7 am to 5 pm seeking fulfilment of their demands. More than one thousand bus owners are expected to join the strike tomorrow," Tripathy added.
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It is to be noted that the All Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association had called for an indefinite strike across the state from October 10 this year protesting against the Location-Accessible Multimodal Initiative (LAccMI) that aimed at providing affordable transportation to people across the state.
LAccMI was one of the 20 new initiatives in the 2023-24 budget under which the Odisha government planned to strategically focus on intra-block and intra-district connectivity and later integrate it with inter-city bus operations.