TGSRTC driver dies after self-immolation; JAC calls bandh, buses stay off roads

On 2026-04-24, the article reports that TGSRTC staff supporters were observing a bandh called by the Joint Action Committee (JAC), keeping buses off the roads. The protest action was linked to demands over the agency staff’s grievances after driver Shankar Goud died following self-immolation. No protest violence is described in the article.