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When a 16-day strike by transport employees and a bus accident on Deepavali shook Tamil Nadu in 2001

India Latest News: Top National Headlines Today & Breaking News | The Hindu · 20 Jul 2026, 10:34

In November 2001, transport corporation employees’ unions struck work demanding the Tamil Nadu government to increase annual bonus to 20%. During the strike, 28 persons were killed in Thoothukudi district in an accident involving a TNSTC bus allegedly driven by a temporary casual labourer.

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