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They walked all evening on Thursday. (Representational)
Bhubaneswar:
A groom and his relations needed to stroll 28 kilometres to succeed in the bride’s village in Odisha’s Rayagada district for the marriage, as they may not organize a automobile because of the drivers’ strike.
They walked all evening on Thursday from Sunakhandi panchayat underneath Kalyansinghpur block to succeed in Dibalapadu village the place they tied the knot on Friday.
A video displaying the groom and his relations together with a number of ladies strolling at evening went viral on social media.
“No transport was out there because of the drivers’ strike. We walked all evening to succeed in the village. We had no different choice,” one of many relations of groom mentioned.
The wedding was solemnised on Friday morning. However the groom and his relations stayed on the bride’s home, ready for the drivers’ affiliation to withdraw the strike in order that they’ll return house.
The Driver Ekta Mahasangh has launched an indefinite strike throughout the state from Wednesday demanding social welfare measures like insurance coverage, pension, formation of a welfare board and others.
The strike by the drivers of business automobiles in Odisha was on Friday placed on maintain for 90 days following an assurance by the state authorities that each one their calls for could be fulfilled.
The announcement by the Drivers’ Ekta Mahasangh got here barely a number of hours after Chief Secretary P Okay Jena and DGP S Okay Bansak appealed to the putting drivers to withdraw the stir.
The strike by over two lakh drivers has hit the conventional life for which individuals together with workplace goers and vacationers remained customary at totally different locations. This has additionally resulted in value rise of important commodities.
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