Rs 235 Cr Worth Salaries During Strike Period Of TSRTC Employees Released

March 11, 2020 17:26
Rs 235 Cr Worth Salaries During Strike Period Of TSRTC Employees Released

Rs 235 Cr Worth Salaries During Strike Period Of TSRTC Employees Released:- The Telangana government today issued the orders to release the pending salaries of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) employees for 56 days when they went on strike. The amount of Rs 235 crores will be released soon. The strike was finally called off after Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) held talks with the employees and promised them to meet their demands. Chief Minister's Office today issued a press note about the release of the salaries.

V Chandrasekhar Reddy, state secretary of the Telangana Mazdoor Union (TMU) told that they are quite happy with the release of the amount. The TRSTC strike started on October 5th with 26 demands and it continued for 56 days. Over 25 employees lost their lives during this crisis. KCR made it clear that the TSRTC merger is not possible but the government would support the employees and the corporation in all the available ways after which they called off the strike. KCR announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for the families of the deceased along with a job for their family members.

(Video Source: CVR News Telugu)

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