From Kaimuanthang
LAMKA, April 12: the All Lamka Taxi Owners’ Society, ALTOS has today decided to launch an indefinite Tiddim line general strike starting 5am of April 14 for all passenger services of sorts and warning that violators of the strike should be held responsible for any eventualities in case of violation of the strike.
With the deadline set by the taxi owners society for the government to bring an amicable solution to the already heightening deadlock between the society and the Tedim Line Bus owners ending today without any visible solution members of the society convened a meeting today at Chiengkonpang in Churachandpur .
It has been demanding proper parking sites at Imphal.
The members discussed on what steps should be taken up with the deadline ending today and resolved to impose the general strike.
In a statement, ALTOS has stated that the bus owners in cohorts with KCP (MC) in trying to cover their criminal act of burning a bus during their own bandh had wronly accused the ALTOS chairman, secretary and advisor of being involved in the bus burning incident in league with hills based militant outfits, however had failed to provide any substantial evidence.
It has further alleged that the ALTOS members were harassed on many other pretexts and prevented from providing smooth service to the public inspite of public demands.
Meanwhile talking to this press correspondent, those who are in favour of the Winger service along the line said that when people even want a helicopter service in this fast developing world, the monopolistic approach of the Bus owners are highly condemnable while another added that the interest of the public needs to be served and if the passengers prefer Wingers they will travel in it and it is far better than travelling in a bus which has so many stoppages taking atleast two hours to reach Imphal while a Wingers takes only about one or a little more than one hour to reach the same destination.