Aurangabad: Maharashtra State Road Transportation Corporation (MSRTC) Present suffered monthly bleeding losses with Rs 400 Crore tones, causing difficulties in even crediting monthly salary above 97,000 staff.
While the MSRTC workforce usually receives salaries on the seventh day every month, no employees and staff claim to have received a monthly payment for July to Wednesday.
“Country transportation has a monthly expenditure of Rs 700 Crore to income drained in the range of Rs 290 Crore to Rs 300 Crore.
Even if the covid-related sidewalk is very relaxed now, the passenger movement has not been near pre-covid time, causing a big loss,” said a spokesman MSRTC on Wednesday.
While state transportation has introduced special cargo services in May 2019 to increase income during the current pandemic, initiatives can only take around RS 65 Crore for state transportation.
Nearly a year after the official announcement, MSRTC failed to produce fuel stations on land available in the main places in Maharashtra, including six in Marathwada, as an alternative to increase income.
“We need different NOCs from their respective district administration and other government departments to enable oil companies to start the fuel station.
Of the 30 proposals, we can reach nocs like that only for Dhule so far,” said MSRTC spokesman said.
Maharashtra St Karmachari Congress, meanwhile, has demanded financial assistance worth Rs 600 Crore from the state government to release staff salaries.
“The Covid-19 outbreak has brought havoc for MSRTC because it has experienced income loss with 7,000 crore Rs tones on the passenger movement since March 2020.
While staff salaries for January to June can occur because of assistance from the government only, we demand such assistance to release salaries For July now, “said the Barge Shrirang union leader.
The Minister of Transportation Maharashtra Anil Puriab could not be contacted by his comments even though it repeatedly repeatedly to contact.
Congress Maharashtra St Karmachari, citing a discussion with the Minister of State for Patil Satej transportation, said that the state government is expected to offer other assistance to MSRTC immediately.
MSRTC spokesman, however, said that the salary for July will most will be credited in the near future.
MSRTC struggles to pay staff salaries
