BHUBANESWAR, June 25 -- Bus passengers were left in lurch in the city on Monday as the 'Mo Bus' conductors went on a strike over nonpayment of salary to them.
A vast majority of the bus conductors ceased work alleging they are not only underpaid but their salary has also not been paid for last three months.
A total of 190 conductors are engaged in 95 buses run by the Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT), a company formed by the State Government for providing public transport in Bhubaneswar connecting neighbourhoods. Out of them, 180 conductors joined the strike.
An agitating conductor said, "We are not getting the amount of salary promised to us during our recruitment. Even the fixed salary has not been paid to us for last two or three ...