18 Oct 2017 | 05:17am IST
KTCL temporarily suspends operations in Maharashtra
PANJIM: Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTC) has suspended services of 37 of its buses plying in Maharashtra in view of a strike called by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation employees.
PANJIM: Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTC) has suspended services of 37 of its buses plying in Maharashtra in view of a strike called by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation employees.
KTC officials said that operations in Maharashtra would commence only after the strike is called off. “We have asked all the buses which were in Maharashtra to return immediately,” an officer said.
Maharashtra State transport workers called for an indefinite strike at midnight on Monday and have refused to call it off till they are paid better salaries.
The strike, just two days before Diwali, has affected people travelling for the festival. Lakhs of passengers use the 17,000 state-run buses across Maharashtra.
Workers of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation want the recommendation of the Seventh Pay Commission implemented.
and a 25% pay hike till their contracts are revised.
