JALPAIGURI, 1 JAN: The Dooars Drivers Association, an apolitical platform formed yesterday by the Malbazar-based bus and taxi drivers along with the common people convened a 72- hour transport strike all over Dooars and one day trade shutdown at Malbazaar. The platform came into being yesterday after the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha supporters ransacked a Malbazar-based ambulance at Sevok Coronation Bridge.
The Jan Jagran Mancha and the Dooars Terai Nagarik Manch leaders supported the bandh.
The strike evoked a good response at Malbazaar, Chalsa, Damdim and Odlabari area where all the shops remained closed and no private or government buses plied.
According to the secretary of the platform, Mr Subal Dey, they would continue with the strike till the GJMM lifts the road blockade agitation.
“The district administration is playing a passive role vis-à-vis the GJMM obstructionist programme. We, the common people, are at the receiving end of the GJMM attempt to unleash anarchy,” Mr Dey stated, adding that the trading would become normal tomorrow after today's token srike.
Meanwhile, the Dooars Terai Nagarik Manch activists served a memorandum to the state chief secretary, Mr Ashok Mohan Chakraborty today, demanding immediate intervention of the state government to normalize the situation in the hills, Terai and Dooars within next 72 hours.
The Jalpaiguri District Ambulance Workers’ Union (CITU affiliated) also submitted a memorandum to the SP, Jalpaiguri, Mr Anand Kumar, asking him to bring to book those GJMM activists involved in ransacking an ambulance on the Sevoke Coronation Bridge yesterday. According to district secretary of the organization, Mr Narayn Das, they have also observed a suspension of work for two hours in Jalpaiguri, protesting against the incident.
(Source : STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE)
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