Private bus services across Nadia district and beyond were hampered on Monday as around 2,500 bus workers began an indefinite ceasework to protest against illegal auto and e-rickshaw services that they claimed created a livelihood crisis for them.
None of the over 800 buses, which regularly ply on 100 routes across the district and outside, went off the road, inconveniencing passengers.
Bus workers, who include drivers, conductors and cleaners, said they would continue the cease work despite financial hardship unless the district administration cracked down on illegal totos and autorickshaws.
