KSRTC Employees Joint Action Committee to launch State-wide strike on December 31
The Hindu
Karnataka State Road Transportation Employees demand government clear ₹8,010 crore dues, launch State-wide protest on December 31.
The Karnataka State Road Transportation Employees Joint Action Committee will launching a State-wide indefinite protest on December 31 demanding that the State government clear long-pending dues of all the four transport corporations and fulfill their demands.
Addressing a joint press conference in Kalaburagi on Monday, district president of KSRTC Kalyana Karnataka Committee Chandrakant Gaddagi and secretary of KSRTC Staff and Workers Federation Siddappa Palki said that the State government should clear the pending dues.
They said that the pending dues pertaining to the four transport corporations, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) , Bengaluru Metropolitan Tranportation Corporation (BMTC), Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KKRTC) and North-Western Road Transport Corporation (NWRTC), are estimated at ₹8,010 crore.
“The State government has to pay arrears of ₹1,785 crore pending for the last 38 months (January 2020 to February 2023), ₹2,900 crore of Provident Funds and ₹325 crore towards Dearness Allowance for retired employees. Besides this, the State government has to clear dues of ₹2,000 crore against the Shakti Scheme and ₹1,000 crore towards fuel bill of the transport corporations,” Mr. Gaddagi said and added that they will not call off their protest until the government meets their demands.