Around 2,200 buses of the HRTC remained off road due to the strike, affecting people and schoolchildren.
The All-India Transport Bandh was called by various trade unions to protest against the provisions of the Bill. “Buses from other states did not enter Himachal,” said Shankar Singh, convener of the joint action committee of the HRTC workers union.
Major transport unions affiliated to the All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) have supported the strike.
RN Batta, Managing Director of the HRTC, said there was no movement of the HRTC buses in and outside the state.
However, around 2,800 private buses and taxis were on road, reducing the inconvenience of people.
“The provisions of the Bill will cripple the state Road Transport Corporations as high penalty, including heavy fine and imprisonment for minor traffic violations or accidental deaths, are unjustified and unacceptable,” said a union leader.
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