‘Govt. policy is to help RTC; ₹6,000 cr. given in 5 years’
The government has expressed willingness to form an independent society under it instead of floating a legally independent company, KSRTC-SWIFT, for operating long-distance buses under the proposed restructure of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).
The offer to form the society was extended by Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac on Friday to win over the three recognised trade unions of Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) that are opposing the formation of the independent company.
At the talks in the presence of Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran and KSRTC Chairman and Managing Director Biju Prabhakar in the Secretariat here, Dr. Isaac said the formation of the society was the alternative that the government could offer.
KSRTC to resume normal operations from today
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Restrictions on Fast Passenger and Super Fast services
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Restrictions on Fast Passenger and Super Fast services
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will resume full-fledged operations suspended since March 25 following the COVID-19-induced countrywide lockdown from Friday.
All unit officers of the transport undertaking across the State have been asked to take steps to ensure full operations from December 18 and it will take one week to normalise the schedules, Chairman and Managing Director Biju Prabhakar said.
However, the KSRTC’s Fast Passenger services will be restricted to two districts and Super Fast services to four districts for the time being. The restrictions that are already in place will be a hurdle for long-distance travellers as they will have to board two buses if they want to commute between six districts.