Ludhiana, June 22 -- Hundreds of passengers were left stranded at the Ludhiana interstate bus stand on Saturday after contractual workers of the Punjab Roadways abruptly halted bus services for nearly an hour from 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm. The shutdown was prompted in protest against police "inaction" over an alleged assault on a Roadways conductor - Surendra Kumar - by private bus staff on the bus stand premises.
The workers stalled the movement of all buses to and from the terminal during the protest. The sudden disruption triggered traffic chaos outside the bus stand as several buses got stuck in a haphazard manner at the terminal and on adjoining roads, hampering the regular flow of traffic.
Shamsher Singh Dhillon, state general secretary...
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