On Saturday night around 7 pm, a guard at the Khudia Central Bridge railway siding in the ECL Mugma area beat up a haulage truck driver during an argument. This led to the drivers halting operations, causing a long queue of trucks and stopping coal transportation. The protest lasted for 16...
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hours, ending only after ECL management promised action against the guard on Sunday morning at 11 am. The incident began when a haulage truck arrived at the siding to unload coal. An argument ensued during the process of placing a switch sleeper, culminating in the guard assaulting the driver. This incident caused the drivers of all haulage trucks involved in coal transportation to halt operations, effectively shutting down coal transport.