Trains, taxis, autos, buses will ply on 2-day bandh

February 19, 2013 15:11

Eleven Central trade unions tonight stuck to their call for a two-day nation-wide strike from Wednesday after talks with senior ministers convened at the instance of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed.

Rejecting the prime minister's appeal yesterday to the unions to call of the stir, the trade unions said the panel of ministers failed to give then any concrete proposal and that not even one of their demands were accepted. "The strike is on... They are only asking for time.

However, trains, taxis, autorickshaws, buses, hospitals and public services will work.

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