Maharashtra: MSRTC Bus Depots Shut due to Strike by Employees
All the bus depots of MSRTC have been shut due to strike by employees.
On Wednesday, 250 depots of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) got shut due to the strike by its employees regarding the demand for the corporation's merger with the state government, officials said. An MSRTC official said, "All 250 depots are shut across the state today. Yesterday, at least three depots were functional, but those are also shut."
Maharashtra Transport Minister Anil Parab, also chairman of the MSRTC, has met with the action committee of labour unions of the corporation regarding the issue of the strike. Meanwhile, BJP MLCs Pravin Darekar and Sadabhau Khot staged a demonstration at Mankhurd in the eastern suburbs to demand the MSRTC employees should be allowed to reach south Mumbai for their protest, reported The Hindu.
On Tuesday, the MSRTC had suspended 376 employees from 45 depots in the state for allegedly participating and instigating the strike. Parab had on Wednesday said, "a contempt petition was being filed over the ongoing strike. From our side, we have done everything that was to be done."
