Udupi, Feb 11, 2013: City buses of Udupi were off the roads on the morning of February 11, Monday, following a flash strike by the bus crew following a clash between the drivers and owners of two city buses on Sunday night.
Sources said clash broke out over a trivial reason between the drivers and owners of the buses ‘Amba’ and ‘HMT.’ Protesting against the incident, bus crew went on a flash strike on Monday morning least bothering about the inconvenience caused to commuters.
The bus services resumed later during the day after the Udupi Circle Inspector directed the bus crew to resume services in the better interests of the commuters. The police officer said strict action would be taken if such incidents were repeated.
Udupi DySP Dr Prabhudeva Maane, Udupi traffic SI Amanulla, Town SI Lingaraju, CPI Maruthi Nayak pacified the agitated bus crew and helped in normalizing the situation.