A private bus traveling from Moodabidri to Bengaluru met with an accident as it overturned after the driver lost control over the vehicle, at Gandhinagar near Venur on.
As many as 796 of the more than 1,600 buses wet leased by Mumbai s civic transport utility BEST remained off roads on Monday as drivers of the private bus operators continued their strike for the sixth day over salary hike and other demands, officials said. Sunil Vaidya, spokesperson of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST), said the public transport body operated 603 wet leased buses with its own drivers on various bus routes, along with operating around 1,390 of its own buses.
The angry residents of Behala Chaurasta area vandalised state buses and other vehicles. They also set on fire a police car and a bus, they added. Kolkata Police sent personnel to the area to restore peace. Peace was restored after two hours, police said. Kolkata Road Accident: Child Killed, Father Injured After Bicycle Hit by Truck in Behala Chaurasta Area; Residents Stage Protest.