Venting their ire:Students and the general public blocking the National
Highway near Hosur New Bus Stand in protest against the cancellation of a
town bus service
Over 1,000 students, parents and the general public
blocked the Bangalore-Chennai National Highway near the Hosur new bus
stand on Saturday evening in protest against the cancellation of a town
bus service to Nandimangalam and nearby villages on Saturday evening.
Sources
said that about 300 students from Avalapalli, Kelevarapalli and
Nandimangalam and other villages studying in R.V. Government Boys Higher
Secondary School and Government Girls Higher Secondary School waited at
the bus stand for over two hours after the school hours.
As
the bus service to their villages were not operated even after 5 p.m.,
the students enquired with the time-keepers at the bus stand.
It was alleged that the TNSTC staff at the Hosur bus stand failed to heed to the request of the students.
Hence,
the angry students started blocking the road opposite to the bus stand
under the flyover on the Bangalore-Chennai National Highway. Parents of
the students reached the bus stand and joined in the stir.
As
the students refused to relent even after the pacification by the
Deputy Superintendent of Police Gopi and P. Saravanan, Inspector of
Police, police removed the students from the spot using mild
lathicharge, it was alleged.
Due to this, the bus
services to and from Hosur to various cities including Bangalore,
Chennai, Salem and other destinations were affected for over an hour.
However,
after the authorities arranged a town bus service to ply to the
villages, the students dispersed and went home, an official from TNSTC
said.
