BENGALURU: Most state transportation buses, including KSRTC, BMTC, NEKRTC, and NWKRTC, were kept off the roads on Monday, as transportation employees across the state decided to continue their indefinite strike on the fourth day.
BMTC operated only 57 buses in Bangalore until 8am. While the staff and workers’ federation of the major transportation union KSRTC, which is affiliated with the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), urged its members to report to work on Sunday, only a few employees showed up as of Sunday. moment.
Although Deputy Minister of Transport and CM Laxman Savadi said there are plans to hire private vehicles and operate them according to the rates set by the government, it is not yet clear how many buses will be launched.
On Sunday, negotiations with protesting employees and state representatives collapsed. The failure was due to the government’s reluctance to meet the core demand of employees that they be included on the government payroll.
When CM BS Yediyurappa and other ministers gathered in the evening, Transport Minister Laxman Savadi said it was decided to use the help of the police and run buses with employees who are ready to return to work.
Among the demands that the government agreed to comply with were the salary increase in accordance with the recommendation of the Payment Commission 6, the withdrawal of the non-issued and uncollected cases filed against the drivers for not issuing the ticket to the travelers, the coverage from Arogya Sanjeevini health insurance for all employees, Rs 30 lakh exgratia for families of those who succumbed to Covid-19, reduction of training period for new employees to one year, establishment of a committee to address complaints about harassment by of senior officials and introduction of HRMS to automate human resources department.
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