Harkesh Singh Vicky, the vice-president of the Roadways/PRTC Contractual Employees Union, said the strike was called as meetings with the state transport minister and officials had failed to yield any result. The state transport department directed managements of state transport undertakings to deploy regular staff, including those on desk jobs, on field duty. Besides regularisation, the employees are demanding the implementation of 5% increase annually in their remuneration and an end to the practice of hiring staff through outsourcing.Īccording to reports, 90% of buses of these fleets remained off the road. Nearly 8,200 contract and outsourced employees struck work, seeking regularisation of jobs. Private taxis did brisk business in the bargain.Īlso read: Passengers bear brunt of roadways, PRTC union strike (Sanjeev Kumar/Ht)Ĭommuters were a harried lot as all bus stands were crowded with people trying to find alternative means to reach their destinations. A crowded Bathinda bus stand on the first day of the strike of contractual employees of Punjab Roadways and Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) on Tuesday. Bus services were thrown out of gear on Tuesday, the first day of three-day strike of contractual employees of state transport undertakings, including Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC), Punjab Roadways and PUNBUS.
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