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Hans India
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Drivers' Assn call off ‘cease work'
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Drivers' Mahasangha, an association of drivers of commercial vehicles, including buses and trucks, on Sunday called off their five-day 'cease work' in the State. The Drivers' Association, having more than two lakh members, had launched a 'steering down' (cease work) protest on July 8 in support of their various demands, including pension and rest shed for them. Manas Debata, the Association State Secretary, announced the strike call-off on Saturday night in view of the upcoming visit of President Droupadi Murmu to Odisha. 'Our President, who belongs to this soil, is scheduled to visit Odisha on July 14. We have decided to call off our ongoing protest so that the image of our State would not be hampered at the national level,' Debata told mediapersons at Redhakhol in Sambalpur district. Under the banner of Odisha Drivers' Mahasangha, thousands of drivers of buses, trucks, vans, taxis, auto rickshaws and other commercial vehicles had resorted to the cease work protest on July 8 demanding welfare measures for drivers in the State. The drivers staged demonstrations and 'dharnas' in different places across Odisha. Due to the protest by drivers, private bus service was affected in several parts of the State. The Association demanded pension for drivers after the age of 60, death benefits, rest sheds every 100 km on major roads, inclusion of auto rickshaw drivers in Odisha Motor Transport Drivers and Workers' Welfare Board and declaration of September 1 as 'Drivers' Day.
Time of India
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Odisha transport disruption: Protest by nearly 4 lakh drivers hits public services
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel An association of drivers of buses, trucks and other vehicles on Tuesday launched cease work, with thousands of drivers of buses, trucks, vans, taxis, auto rickshaws and other commercial vehicles demanding welfare measures for drivers in the to the protest by drivers, private bus services have been affected in several parts of the state, an official drivers have been staging demonstrations and dharnas in various places across Odisha, an association leader said."Due to the protest by drivers, private bus service has been affected in several parts of the state. Commuters were seen waiting at bus stands in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Balasore, Rourkela, Berhampur, and Bolangir," the official Prasad Behera, treasurer of the association said they want a pension for drivers, who cannot drive after the age of also demanded death benefits, rest sheds every 100 km on major roads and compensation if a driver cannot work after an accident, he association also demanded inclusion of autorickshaw drivers in the Odisha Motor Transport Drivers and Workers' Welfare Board constituted by the government, Behera said the drivers engaged in emergency services and vehicles deployed in Puri Rath Yatra have not participated in the and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena said the government would discuss with the agitating drivers later on that the drivers have some genuine demands, Jena said he is hopeful that a solution would be arrived at the transportation was disrupted in various parts of the country on Wednesday following the 'Bharat Bandh' protests, called by ten central trade unions, Odisha, members of the Khordha District unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) blocked the national highway at Bhubaneswar to support the 'Bharat Bandh'.In Kerala, shops and shopping malls in Kottayam remain closed in support of the 'Bharat Bandh' called by 10 central trade of Biju Janata Dal's (RJD) students' wing blocked the train tracks at Jehanabad railway station in Bihar, supporting 'Bharat Bandh' called by a joint forum of 10 central trade unions and their West Bengal, train services have been affected as protesters blocked tracks at various railway stations, including drivers of the North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) were seen wearing helmets on duty, a move initiated to ensure their safety.
