Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 10: Demanding revision of passenger fares, National Panthers Student Union (NPSU) activists held a protest demonstration at the office of Transport Commissioner, here today.
The students, led by NPSU president, Thakur Virender Singh, raised slogans against the Chief Secretary and the Transport Commissioner seeking immediate reduction in transport charges and passenger fares.
Addressing the gathering, Virender said that despite considerable decrease in prices of petrol and diesel, the State Government had failed to reduce the passenger fares and to fix them in conformity with the reduced oil prices. He said that not only the common man but also the students were the worst sufferers of the Government’s apathy. He also flayed the transporters for denying concession to the traveling students as per prescribed standard procedures.
The agitating students also called on the Transport Commissioner, Dilshad, who held half an hour meeting with them and assured immediate action for reduction of transport charges and passenger fares. Receiving a memorandum from the NPSU, she said that a meeting with transport union would be convened soon for early action in the matter.
Others who spoke on the occasion, included Kailash Monah, Rishi Badyal, Amit Charak, Chandan Kumar, Sahil, Shubam Singh, Shubam Kumar, Lovely, Bhopinder, Khuram, Deepak, Devinder, Ghar Singh and Ajay Singh.
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