Normal life was affected in Kerala during the preliminary hours of Tuesday as a dawn-to-dusk motor strike, called by a joint committee of various trade unions to protest the spiraling fuel price in the country, began.

State-run KSRTC buses did not operate while taxies, auto-rickshaws and private buses remained off the roads across the state since the agitation began by 6.00 am.

Commercial vehicles including trucks and lorries were also not plying to express solidarity with the stir, called by Samyuktha Samara Samithi, an umbrella organization of various trade unions. The dawn to dusk state-wide motor vehicle protest called by a joint protest committee in Kerala on Tuesday evoked a partial response.

Barring the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) all the trade unions operating in the motor vehicle industry have supported the call for a strike to protest against the fuel price hike.

However, the state-owned Kerala State Road Transport Corporation was seen operating a few services, so were public transport vehicles like three-wheelers and four-wheelers.

Private vehicles were seen operating across the state, similar to a normal day.

Even though the biggest traders body had expressed solidarity to the motor strike, all the shops in the state are open. However, most of the examinations scheduled for the day were postponed

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