HYDERABAD: Normal life was crippled for the second consecutive day on Tuesday with RTC buses remaining off the road and power cuts..
HYDERABAD: Normal life was crippled for the second consecutive day on Tuesday with RTC buses remaining off the road and power cuts being imposed across the Telangana region.
The RTC tried to operate its services with police protection and allowed private bus operators to run services in Hyderabad and parts of Telangana but people found the services inadequate .In an attempt to paralyse the Secretariat, Telangana employees convinced their colleagues from other regions to leave their desks. Bowing to pressure, they, along with a few T employees on duty, left their seats without clearing the files.
Activists of the TRS women's wing tried to lay siege to the house of Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdary at Banjara Hills protesting against her statement that the general strike was not a success. There was mild tension when the police evicted and arrested them. Though the protests remained by and large peaceful, violence erupted at a few places as TRS and BJP activists, accompanied by government employees, obstructed buses from entering the Telangana region from other parts of the state. Though there was no call for road blockade, activists continued to obstruct private buses at Ashwaraopeta in Khammam district, a point of entry from Andhra, and at Alampur in Mahaboobnagar district, a point of entry from Rayalaseema. RTC buses coming from Vijayawada were forced at Ashwaraopeta to return to their depots without passengers. Though the management held talks with employees, the latter declared later that they would not call off the strike without a firm assurance on a T state.
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