Karnataka CM urges KSRTC, BMTC employees to end strike ANI | Updated: Apr 09, 2021 14:15 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 9 (ANI): Chief MinisterBS Yediyurappa on Friday appealed to the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) employees to end the strike and get back to work. I request KSRTC and BMTC employees to come and join the duty and start running buses from today as we are aware due to COVID-19 we have already suffered. Being the transport department it is our duty to give service to the people at this point of time listening to some unions and some people and stop giving service is not the right thing. We have already suffered, we are spending 85 per cent for the expenses and we have only 15 per cent for the development of work, said the Chief Minister.
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K taka govt talks tough ahead of RTCs indefinite strike
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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.
The State government has ruled out any negotiation with Road Transport Corporation (RTC) employees, who are all set to go on an indefinite strike from Thursday, demanding implementation of the sixth p