With several service sectors resuming operations in full scale, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has decided to discontinue free transport for the employees working in essential services, which it has been giving for the past few months.
The depot head, supervisor and driver-carrier have been ordered to implement this in Mumbai metropolis from January 16 and a circular has been issued accordingly.
Earlier, in the wake of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, there were no public transport available and these people had to pay extra money to reach their workplaces. To avoid overcharging at this time, essential workers had appealed to the state government to make the public transport free for the time being. Accordingly, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) had allowed free transport for the employees working in essential services.
The free services were available to BMC employees, Civic/private hospital doctors, Nurses, Chemists staff and Police personnel. The employees could avail the services by displaying their identity card. While giving this concession, the corporation was getting the total amount of ticket from the concerned department of the government.
At that time, some rounds of ST were conducted for government employees from Mumbai, Thane, Palghar division.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has provided ₹2 crores to ST Corporation to compensate for the losses incurred by offering free transport for those engaged in providing essential service.
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