Ahead of the Bengaluru bandh call by the Federation of Karnataka State Private Transport Association, which includes 32 transport unions, including autorickshaws, buses, taxis, on September 11, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy called the members for talks again.
The federation announced the bandh where all private transport will go off the road after claiming that the Transport Department failed to meet their 28 demands by August 31, the deadline they had set.
Speaking at a press conference in Bengaluru on Wednesday, Mr. Reddy said bandh is not a solution to every problem and the government is always ready to talks. “The federation failed to come to the meeting which was scheduled with the Chief Minister to discuss various problems of the transport unions on August 21. But, other transport organisations had attended the meeting. The government is ready to fulfil the demands of the transport unions. Instead of Bengaluru Bandh on September 11, the federation should come to talk and resolve their problems,” he said.
