Two buses stoned in Anand

Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 18:46 [IST]

Anand, Sep 13 (UNI) Angry school and college students created commotion here today morning at the main inter-district bus stand protesting against the State Transport controller's behaviour.

Around 150 students who come daily from Bharoda, Ode, Sarsa, Tamburaj and Kanpur villages had accosted the controller and told him that they had already given representation in writing for direct bus service to their villages.

They also told him that they are daily late to schools and colleges by two hours which causes them inconvience to which the controller replied brusquely saying that nothing can be done as of now and they have to put up with the hardships.

The students then threw stones and damaged the window panes of two buses and also snapped wires of telephones and also the wire of the controller's mike.

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