Mumbai: After suspending 2,053 workers about a week back for strikes, MSRTC on Wednesday issued termination notification to 2,296 daily wage staff, which included 2,126 drivers and 132 conductors that operate the bus on various routes.
Notifications have come as a surprise for the striking MSRTC workers who, however, said they would not let go of their protests.
The union source indicates that protests will continue at least until November 22, when this problem appears to hear in the Bombay High Court.
In an incident near Pune, the battle between the conductor that operates the MSRTC bus and a bus controller that broke down was ugly, with the latter being injured in the eye and was hospitalized on Wednesday.
The source said the conductor, which was attached to the Satara bus depot, was on the Shivshahi bus to Pune when several workers strike objections.
The source said that the bus controller, which also broke down, arguing with a conductor, which led to the fight and he was injured.
The BJP delegation led by Mla Gopichand Padalkar met Governor B S Koshyari looking for intervention in this issue.
Padalkar said, “As head of state, we asked the governor to issue orders to the state government to take steps to end the deadlock.
The state government was not interested in talking to a striking employee, they only took coercive action, threatening employees.” He Claiming that so far 36 employees have died of suicide.
“The guilty murder case must be registered with the Minister of Transportation Anil Puriab for the death of ST employees,” said opposition leader in the legislative council, Pravin Darekar who visited Azad Maidan on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, regardless of the strike, the number of buses operated by MSRTC (during the strike period) for the first time crossing 100 marks.
Bus Corporation operates 103 buses on 21 routes and transports 2,756 passengers, officials said.
From this, nearly 400 passengers are those who use the ST bus from Mumbai.
Until Wednesday, 7,400 employees returned to collateral from the Minister of Transportation and MSRTC chairman Anil Puriab that they would get police protection; 84,866 workers continue the strikes and union sources say the protest can continue at least until Monday, when the trial will appear in the Bombay High Court.