As the March 15-deadline set by the protesting workers of the four transport corporations nears, the Transport Department has released a ‘White Paper’ providing details of the work done by the officials towards fulfilling the promise made by Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi.
The document provided the details of seven of the nine demands fulfilled by the department as well as the status of the two pending demands, including the major demand of revising the pay grade of 1.3 lakh transport workers to bring it on par with the government employees as per the 6th Pay Commission recommendations. The government has set up a committee to look into the issue.
The latest demand to be fulfilled is a revised system for the inter-corporation transfer of employees. Employees of BMTC, KSRTC, NWKRTC and NEKRTC have sought a chance to switch from one corporation to another to stay close to their hometowns or for other conveniences.
On Wednesday, the department issued a release along with the government notification on the transfer.
Some of the demands that were fulfilled include the health insurance scheme, compensation of Rs 30 lakh to the family of the employees who died of Covid-19, driver allowance, and relaxing the rule on failure to issue a ticket.
Published 13 March 2021, 17:01 IST