No impact of transport unions strike in Tirunelveli
The Hindu
Transport workers’ strike has no impact on the operation of buses in the Tirunelveli Region as 1,110 of the 1,660 buses in this region were operated on January 9 morning, as usual.
Transport workers’ strike has no impact on the operation of buses in the Tirunelveli Region as 1,110 of the 1,660 buses in this region were operated on January 9 morning, as usual.
“We could operate all the buses as planned as sufficient number of crew reported for duty on Tuesday morning,” said a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation official while monitoring the operation of the buses in Vaeinthankulam new bus stand in Tirunelveli.
The passengers who arrived at the bus stand from nearby villages, said there was no delay in getting the buses to their workplaces.
Police personnel have been deployed in the bus terminus to thwart any attempt to stop operation of buses.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists