On tenth day of strike, KSRTC resumes inter-State services
April 16, 2021
Mysore/Mysuru: Government bus service from the Sub-Urban Bus Stand and City Bus Stand saw further improvement today on the tenth day of the indefinite strike launched by employees of the four State-run Transport Corporations
KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC and NEKRTC seeking fulfilment of their various demands.
The employees of RTCs are on strike since April 7 to press the Government for fulfilment of their nine-point charter of demands, which chiefly included salary as per the recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission.
With the number of employees returning to work increasing by the day, albeit in small numbers, Mysuru KSRTC authorities resumed inter-State operations to a couple of destinations in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
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Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the indefinite strike launched by the four State-run Transport Corporations
KSRTC, BMTC, NEKRTC and NWKRTC seeking fulfilment of their various demands entered the ninth day today, more number of workers are reporting back for duty with each passing day.
So far, 947 out of about 1,800 employees attached to four depots of KSRTC Mysuru City Division have reported for duty, while 845 out of the nearly 3,000 staff attached to Mysuru Rural Division have reported for work, according to KSRTC sources.
The employees are on strike since Apr.7 urging the Government to meet their nine-point charter of demands. While the Government has claimed that it has met eight of the nine demands, barring the Pay issue, the Transport Unions, refuting the Government’s claims, say that the bone of contention is salary as per the recommendation of Si
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Mysore/Mysuru: The ever-bustling
KSRTC Sub-Urban Bus Stand in city wore a completely different look with Private and Mini-buses dotting the bus stand, as the indefinite stir launched by KSRTC employees, seeking fulfilment of their nine-point charter of demands, including implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission, began this morning.
The strike was a total success in the city and district, with no KSRTC buses operating from the Sub-Urban and City Bus Stands since morning. While the KSRTC Sub-Urban Bus Stand saw a beeline of Private buses and other public transport vehicles waiting to pick up passengers, who were however less in number as compared to usual days, the City Bus Stand wore a completely deserted look, with no passengers nor buses.
Takes instructions from doctor over mobile phone
Both mother and new-born safe, shifted to hospital
Mysore/Mysuru: Everyone were surprised when ‘Rancho,’ a character in Bollywood blockbuster ‘3 Idiots,’ successfully assisted his College Principal’s daughter to deliver a baby by taking instructions from a doctor over skype.
A similar feat was successfully achieved by a Physical Education (PE) teacher by assisting a tribal woman to deliver a baby girl, after taking oral directions from a doctor on mobile phone, at a public park opposite Mini Vidhana Soudha in city this morning.
The Good Samaritan is Shobha Kumari (Prakash), PE teacher-Grade I at Government High School, Navilooru, Nanjangud Taluk and wife of Annambira P. Prakash, an ASI.