Karnataka police detains striking transport employees leader
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K taka road transport staff withdraw strike, buses resume. Image Source: IANS News
Belagavi, April 10 : A day after invoking provisions of the Karnataka Industrial Disputes Act against the ongoing transport employees strike, Karnataka police on Saturday detained Kodihalli Chandrashekar who is leading the Karnataka state owned transport employees strike, in this district headquarters town, sources said.
As the strike entered the fourth day, Chandrashekar who is honorary president of the Karnataka State Road Transport Employees League (KSRTEL), that is steering the protest seeking pay hike on par with other government employees by incorporating the Sixth Pay Commission s recommendations was detained by the Karnataka police in Belagavi.
Strike total in Yadgir; six depots operate 45 buses in Raichur
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The strike by the employees of North East Karnataka Road Transport Corporation was total in Yadgir and Raichur districts on Wednesday.
No single bus operated from out of the four depots, Yadgir, Gurmitkal, Shahapur and Surpur, in Yadgir district. The central bus terminus in the district headquarters which always witnesses a rush wore a deserted look. The scene was not different in central bus terminuses in Gurmitkal, Shahapur, Surpur and Hunsagi too.
“Yadgir district has a total of 316 schedules every day. The daily traffic revenue is ₹34 lakh. On the first day of the strike, the department has suffered a loss of ₹34 lakh,” DTO of Yadgir Ramesh Patil said.
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K taka govt talks tough ahead of RTCs indefinite strike
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Tue, Apr 6 2021 17:36 IST |
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Nagpur: Buses remain parked at a bus depot as Aapli bus operators went on a strike to protest against the non-payment of dues by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), in Nagpur on Sept 25, 2018. . Image Source: IANS News
Bengaluru, April 6 : Taking a tough stand, the Karnataka government on Tuesday ruled out any negotiations with various Road Transport Corporations employees deciding to go on an indefinite strike from Wednesday, demanding that their salaries be increased in accordance with the sixth pay commission recommendations.
The employees of four different state run road transport corporations have been demanding that the state government bring them under the government employees category in order to receive the benefits of pay commissions in the future too. They had gone on a four-day strike in December last year with the same demand.
Karnataka: Mobile library rolled out for children in Kalaburagi s remote areas ANI | Updated: Feb 27, 2021 14:13 IST
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], February 27 (ANI): A mobile library bus has been rolled out by North Eastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NEKRTC) along with the Zilla panchayat, education department and library department in Kalaburagi district.
The initiative was started with the aim of encouraging children in remote areas to inculcate the habit of reading, said Kurma Rao, Managing Director of the NEKRTC. We receive overwhelmingly positive responses from both teachers and students across the district wherever we go. The main objective of this is to inculcate the habit of reading and to get students interested in various kinds of books. The bus is now roaming in interior villages, Rao said.