A 24-hour strike called by Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) employee unions in protest against the management’s failure in distributing salaries on time was total in the district on Friday, in spite of the CITU union staying away from it.
Most employees joined the strike ignoring the dies-non (no-work, no-pay) declaration by the government. Although the CITU had said it would conduct services, only four buses could be run in the district, including the Bond (bus on demand) services to Coimbatore and Mannuthi.
All other services in the district were stalled. Many passengers were trapped at the KSRTC bus-stand in Palakkad town. Meanwhile, private buses conducted services on Thrissur-Palakkad route in spite of uncertainties over high toll at Panniyankara.
