Ananya Sengupta had a tiring ride to home from school. A Class VII student of Shree Sikhayatan School, she had to walk all the way from Theatre Road to Exide Crossing before she could board a bus.

Along with her mother Sagarika Dasgupta, she waited for 45 minutes at the crossing before they could make their way into a crowded government bus.

Most of the schoolchildren in the city had a similar tough time on their way to school and back.

As the private bus services remained suspended due to a strike, Metro services were the only medium of transport to rely upon. But many like Ananya were not fortunate enough. “If we take Metro to Tollygunge then it would be almost impossible to get a bus there today and we have to walk all the way to Naktala,” said Ananya.

In spite of the strike, most of the schools chose to remain open on Wednesday. Many government schools recorded a low attendance.

The West Bengal University of Technology underwent examinations for first and seventh semester on Wednesday. According to the university officials, students had to face a problem to reach the colleges.

“We are considering to conduct a reexamination of today’s examinations,” said a university official.