RTC employees to hold Chalo RM Office tomorrow

Mancherial: To put pressure on the government to solve their pending issues, the TSRTC employees will organise Chalo RM Office protest march in Mancherial town on Firday. The union leaders released Chalo-RM Office posters at CPI office on Wednesday.

Addressing on the occasion, the union leaders said in erstwhile Adilabad district the RTC employees are facing several problems like lack of regular RM, DM and level officials and many unsolved problems have been pending for a long time and with the passage of time corruption has been increasing in the corporation, they alleged.

Some officials are looting money from the workers to get their works done, they alleged. The union leaders also said that after formation of Telangana state, in RTC there were 56,740 workers, now their number has reduced to 51,300.

After getting recognition of TMU, recruitments have also stopped. After getting recognition of TMU union several drivers and conductors have lost job security. The wage amendment which was supposed to be effected in April1, 2017 has not taken place so far, they added. For many years the management has not been giving duty-charts to drivers and conductors.

The concerned officials are giving duties of good road connectivity to their favorable persons, the leaders alleged. The union also demanded the government to merge the RTC into the government. CPI president Kalaveni Shankar, zonal general secretary Mallesham will participate chief guests in the Chalo RM Office programme.

The union leaders Bheemeshwar Rao, AITUC general secretary Murali, divisional president M Srinivas, Goli Shankar, Rajesham, Laxmaiah, LP Rao, Srinivasulu, Sridhar, Sahakar, Rajesham, Prabhavathi and Rajeshwari were present on the occasion.