Bhubaneswar-Puri private bus communication disrupted following dispute between owners’ associations

Bhubaneswar: Bus communication between Bhubaneswar and Puri was halted on Tuesday after a long-running dispute between the bus owners’ associations of the two cities aggravated further.

As per the report, members of Bhubaneswar Bus Owners’ Association and staff of two Bhubaneswar bound buses from Puri indulged in a verbal duel at Kalpana Square this morning over the timing issue which caused the logjam.

Passengers faced a tough time as around 75 buses plying from Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to Puri and 65 buses from Puri stayed off road since this morning due to the spat. Both the associations, the Bhubaneswar Bus Owners’ Association and the Private Bus Owners’ Association of Puri remained adamant on their stance in the case.

As per the allegation of the Bhubaneswar bus owners, their Puri counterparts are harassing them on a regular basis in the religious town and have detained 18 buses unlawfully in past 3 days.

“We have incurred huge loss due to the unlawful detention of our buses by the Puri bus owners and they are continuously creating nuisance. It has compelled us to stop plying of buses to the religious town,” said Bhubaneswar Bus Owners’ Association secretary Barada Prasanna Acharya.

On the other hand, the Secretary of Puri Private Bus Owners’ Association, Lokanath Pani claimed that at least 12 buses from Puri have been detained at the Baramunda bus stand following the dispute which has made it impossible for them to ply buses to the capital city.

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