In a major relief, around 26,500 Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees have rejoined duty and bus operations had resumed partially from 215 depots.
However, owing to the strike, services of over 2,000 daily wage and 3,123 permanent workers have been terminated so far. Due to this, the transport body has caused a loss of around INR 1,200 crores.
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MSRTC managing director Shekhar Channe said 2,382 buses were deployed to operate 7,138 services and some four lakh people used them. He also said that retired ST drivers and other drivers have been hired on contract basis to tide over the crisis.
Chhane also mentioned that the number of staffers resuming duty every day stood at 300-400 due to the appeal of state transport minister Anil Parab, which had resulted in MSRTC managing to resume operations from 215 out of 250 depots.
For those unversed, the transport body workers have been on strike since October 27 demanding the merger of the organisation with the state government with the hope of getting the benefits of being government employees. All 250 bus depots were shut, owing to which, the general public in rural areas who are dependent on bus services are suffering.
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