Bengaluru Chalo tomorrow: KSRTC puts brakes on staff;  moves ‘No Work No Pay’ policy – Star of Mysore

Mysuru: With the staff of varied Transport Firms together with KSRTC giving a name for Bengaluru Chalo tomorrow (Feb. 19) underneath the banner of Joint Committee of Commerce Unions, KSRTC authorities have taken all precautionary measures to make sure easy operation of buses within the curiosity of commuters.

Bengaluru Chalo has been referred to as to exert strain on the State Authorities to  revise the wage and clear pending wage arrears.

As half of the Chalo, the employees on go away and week off from KSRTC, Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Company (BMTC), North Western Karnataka Street Transport Company (NWKRTC) and Kalyana Karnataka Street Transport Company (KKRTC) are anticipated to participate within the protest organised at Freedom Park in Bengaluru.

Warnings

To discourage a big quantity of staff from collaborating within the protest, KSRTC has invoked ‘No Work No Pay’ policy, efficient from 48 hours previous to the strike.

The respective Depot Managers and Divisional Site visitors Officers (DTOs) have been particularly instructed to implement the policy. If any employees together with drivers, conductors and mechanic is discovered absent, the day’s pay might be minimize and unauthorised go away can be not allowed, as KSRTC being a public service sector, there isn’t a provision for go away.

Nevertheless, neither of the staff have utilized for go away to date, a KSRTC Officer mentioned.

Bus journeys

KSRTC Mysuru Rural depot alone has 675 buses working 2,300 and odd journeys, moreover 75 Inter-State journeys. Whereas the KSRTC City Depot has 540 buses overlaying 2,266 journeys each day.

KSRTC Divisional Controller (DC)-City, H.T. Veeresh advised Star of Mysore this morning that every one the employees connected to 4 depots — Kuvempunagar, Sathagalli, Hinkal and Vijayanagar — together with drivers, conductors and mechanics, have been advised to attend responsibility.  Nevertheless, as a precautionary measure, a letter in search of Police safety has been written to the competent authorities, to facilitate the sleek operation of buses, with none disruption in providers.

KSRTC Rural DC Srinivas mentioned, we’re taking measures in order that passengers usually are not left inconvenienced.