In Kerala, University Exams Postponed As All India Motor Vehicles Strike Begins thenewsminute.com

With the 24-hour strike called by the All-India Co-ordination Committee of Road Transport Workers Organisations on Tuesday, university exams in Kerala have been postponed and the roads have been free of public transport.

The nationwide strike is against the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2017 and is the second such protest against certain provisions in the amendment bill.

Along with public transport, autorickshaws, school buses, goods carriers and cabs have also kept off the road in Kerala. Ahead of the strike, a collective of trade unions of KSRTC (Kerala State Road Transport Corporation) workers began a 24-hour strike from Monday midnight, according to a Manorama report.