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Four people ride a bike as the public had a tough time due to the autorickshaw strike.
Visakhapatnam: Commuters in the city faced a trying time on Friday due to the two-day strike by Visakhapatnam Autorickshaw Union against the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. Office-goers and students found commuting tough as about 20,000 autorickshaws kept off the roads.
People, who lack individual vehicles, were forced to walk on the roads to reach their destination on Friday as the buses of the APSRTC remained at the depots since August 13, due to the strike by recognised union of RTC in support of united Andhra Pradesh and the autorickshaw strike added woes to the commuters. Among the most severely hit were passengers arriving at Vizag railway station, many of whom were taken completely by surprise.
Meanwhile, thousands of people, who want to reach places like hospitals, offices and few other places in the city, faced extreme hardship to reach their targeted places. Leaders of the Visakhapatnam Autorickshaw Union said that all the auto unions in the city participated in the strike demanding the Congress party to keep Andhra Pradesh as united and the strike will observed till Saturday midnight peacefully. They also demanded the leaders of Seemandhra region should quit their posts and to join the Samaikyandhra stir in the interest of the people in the region.
The usually bustling areas in the city like Jagadamba Junction, Maddilapalem, Daba Gardens and few other places looked unusually calm with thin traffic flow with the autos off the roads.
Only some private vehicles and bikes could be seen.
States: Andhra Pradesh
Visakhapatnam: Commuters in the city faced a trying time on Friday due to the two-day strike by Visakhapatnam Autorickshaw Union against the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. Office-goers and students found commuting tough as about 20,000 autorickshaws kept off the roads.
People, who lack individual vehicles, were forced to walk on the roads to reach their destination on Friday as the buses of the APSRTC remained at the depots since August 13, due to the strike by recognised union of RTC in support of united Andhra Pradesh and the autorickshaw strike added woes to the commuters. Among the most severely hit were passengers arriving at Vizag railway station, many of whom were taken completely by surprise.
Meanwhile, thousands of people, who want to reach places like hospitals, offices and few other places in the city, faced extreme hardship to reach their targeted places. Leaders of the Visakhapatnam Autorickshaw Union said that all the auto unions in the city participated in the strike demanding the Congress party to keep Andhra Pradesh as united and the strike will observed till Saturday midnight peacefully. They also demanded the leaders of Seemandhra region should quit their posts and to join the Samaikyandhra stir in the interest of the people in the region.
The usually bustling areas in the city like Jagadamba Junction, Maddilapalem, Daba Gardens and few other places looked unusually calm with thin traffic flow with the autos off the roads.
Only some private vehicles and bikes could be seen.
States: Andhra Pradesh
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