Bengaluru: It has little to entertain Varamahalakshmi Vratha and Raksha Bandhan around 1.3 lakh to the state transport employees and their families as there is no transport company – KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC and KKRTC – has been paying salaries for July.
Salary is usually credited to 8 months, but the country’s transportation business (Stus) say they are short of funds and the government has not provided financial assistance.
Employees say they can not do a good job after strike 15 days prematurely during the second wave rush in April.
Many employees are staring at a bleak future.
“We risked our lives to work during a pandemic.
In fact, we carry lakh people even when the second wave of rampage.
Some employees died and our family members also signed Covid.
The government should at least give us our salaries on time.
How are we going to celebrate the festival when we even do not have money for food? “said a BMTC conductor.
Employees BMTC Another said: “I have to pay rent, water and electricity bills and school fees, but what can I do if I do not get my salary? My kids asked for new clothes for Varamahalakshmi but I had no money to buy.
We receive our June salary at the end of July.
No one is ready to lend me money because of this uncertainty.
“Sources said Laxman Savadi used to suppress the finance department to release funds for the salary when he was transporting the Minister.
New Minister B Sriramulu only bear the cost of two weeks ago.
Stus said the increase in operational costs due to rising diesel prices and a reduction in passenger revenues had surgery.
“We can not pay salaries without government support.
Revenue ticket is only enough to buy diesel,” said a senior official in one Stus.
For example, passengers BMTC has been reduced from 36 lakh in February 2020 to 18 lakh now.
HV Anantha Subbarao, President of the Staff KSRTC and Workers Federation, said: “The government should pay wages until the financial situation Stus increased.
With the pandemic still exists, we can not expect normal operations in the near future.” Sources said the Karnataka State Road Transport League, led by Kodihalli Chandrashekar, who held a 15-day strike, also split.
Anand, a former leader of the League of Employees, said: “More than 2,000 employees were laid off, 4,000 deferred and 4,000 transferred across the state after the attack of April.
Many employees are facing difficulties because of salary delays and covid.
We have been out of the league and will decide on the action in the future “.
However, Chandrashekhar said: “United we are still united and will continue to fight for our employees.
We drive some of the employees.
We have asked the government to disburse the salaries of July and August without further delay.”