MSRTC stir enters 33rd day 1300-odd staffers suspended over 1000 buses operated
Mumbai Nov 29 PTI The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation MSRTC on Monday suspended 1088 permanent and 254 temporary employees officials said adding that it operated over 1000 buses from some 50 depots on the 33rd day of the staffers agitation The staffers have been on strike since October 28 demanding merger of the cash-strapped undertaking with the state government with the agitation intensifying from November 9 when bus operations at all its 250 depots got affected An MSRTC official on Monday said the latest round of suspensions had taken the cumulative number of suspended permanent and daily wage or temporary employees to 7585 and 1779 respectively MSRTC operated 1086 buses including 822 ordinary ones on various routes from 50 depots till Monday eveningA total of 19163 out of 92266 employees joined duty on Monday including 2549 drivers and 2250 conductorsThis is a rise from the 18375 employees who reported to work on Sunday a spokesperson for the undertaking said The stir continues despite the state government announcing a 41 per cent salary hike last week to break the impasse MSRTC has a fleet of 16000 buses and over 92000 employees and used to ferry more than 65 lakh people per day before the COVID-19 outbreak in March last year hit operations severely PTI KK BNM BNM BNM
Mumbai Nov 29 PTI The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation MSRTC on Monday suspended 1088 permanent and 254 temporary employees officials said adding that it operated over 1000 buses from some 50 depots on the 33rd day of the staffers agitation The staffers have been on strike since October 28 demanding merger of the cash-strapped undertaking with the state government with the agitation intensifying from November 9 when bus operations at all its 250 depots got affected An MSRTC official on Monday said the latest round of suspensions had taken the cumulative number of suspended permanent and daily wage or temporary employees to 7585 and 1779 respectively MSRTC operated 1086 buses including 822 ordinary ones on various routes from 50 depots till Monday eveningA total of 19163 out of 92266 employees joined duty on Monday including 2549 drivers and 2250 conductorsThis is a rise from the 18375 employees who reported to work on Sunday a spokesperson for the undertaking said The stir continues despite the state government announcing a 41 per cent salary hike last week to break the impasse MSRTC has a fleet of 16000 buses and over 92000 employees and used to ferry more than 65 lakh people per day before the COVID-19 outbreak in March last year hit operations severely PTI KK BNM BNM BNM
