RTC unions oppose move to hand over electric buses to private operators
Unions representing employees of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) are opposing the government's decision to allow private operators to run electric buses. They argue that this move could lead to further privatization and have called for the government to utilize available subsidies for electric buses instead. A united movement among the unions is being organized to address various long-standing issues faced by employees.
- ▪The NMUA and APSRTC Employees’ Union demand the withdrawal of the policy allowing private operators to run electric buses.
- ▪Unions claim that their requests to the government to operate electric buses directly have been ignored.
- ▪A Joint Action Committee will be formed to address issues affecting APSRTC employees.
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Leaders of the Andhra Pradesh Public Transport Department (APPTD) National Mazdoor Unity Association (NMUA) and the APSRTC Employees’ Union have demanded that the State government immediately withdraw its policy of allowing private operators to run electric buses in the corporation.In a statement on Wednesday, NMUA State president Y. Srinivasa Rao, APSRTC Employees’ Union State president P. Damodara Rao said that although employee unions had repeatedly urged the government and the APSRTC authorities to avail themselves of the subsidies being offered by the Central government for the purchase of electric buses and operate them directly through the RTC staff, their demands had been ignored.They alleged that not only the electric buses, but also prime lands belonging to the RTC depots were…
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