IN PICTURES: Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation staff's indefinite strike
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TN transport unions go on strike on Monday, as the Government brings in private buses to keep services from being affected. View from Koyembedu. (EPS| P Jawahar)The unions demand the disbursement of pension benefits of Rs 400 crores which has been pending for several years amidst other demands, on Monday in Chennai. (EPS| P Jawahar)Private bus operators charging passengers to shell out extra money to reach their destinations at the Central Bus Stand after government buses cancelled their services as part of the transport employees strike in Tiruchy on Monday. (EPS|M K Ashok Kumar)MTC buses stopped by transport workers at Pallavan Salai advancing the protests that were initially scheduled to start on Monday. (EPS|Martin Louis)A group of transport employees participating in the strike are letting the city buses to drop the passengers in the Periyar Bus stand and remove the boards stopping the service as a part of their strike at the bus stand on Sunday. (EPS|K Ksundar)Following the strike called by the TNSTC ,the buses being parked at Sungam bus depot in Coimbatore on Monday. (EPS| A Raja Chidambaram)Passengers trying to board the crowded trains to their respective destinations at the Tiruchy Railway junction after government buses cancelled their services as part of the transport employees strike in Tiruchy on Monday. (EPS|M K Ashok Kumar)Passengers trying to board the crowded trains to their respective destinations at the Tiruchy Railway junction after government buses cancelled their services as part of the transport employees strike in Tiruchy on Monday. (EPS|M K Ashok Kumar)Periyar Bus Stand found deserted after the strike was announced by the transport employees. (EPS| KK Sundar)Retired TNSTC employee lie down in front of bus at Palladam bus depo and protest on Sunday. (EPS|Prakash Chellamuthu)Suburban trains were the most preffered mode of trans port on Monday after a majority of government buses statayed off the road paralysing normal life. (EPS|Martin Louis)
