Early Times Report
Jammu, June 25 : The strike by the Jammu province unit of the All J&K SRTC Drivers Union today entered its seventh day.
The operation of passenger fleet of the State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) has come to a halt.Hundreds of drivers, led by leaders of the union, held a protest demonstration at the State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) yard rail head and refused to yield to pressure tactics being adopted by the management. The day-long protest was addressed by many leaders. Chajju Ram, president of the All J&K SRTC Drivers Union, inter-state fleet, announced that it was a do or die situation for the drivers and every atrocity done by the corporation, particularly the Managing Director (MD), for settling his personal scores should be accounted for.
He reiterated the demands of conducting of fuel survey of vehicles, particularly in respect of the Amarnath yatra, arranging of at least one room at Base Camp, Bhagwati Nagar, for drivers, who have to spend night there, implementation of enhanced trip order, cancellations of claims against drivers, time-bound promotion system for drivers, upgrading of rank of drivers, whose services have been regularised, from helper to driver, fixation of consolidated pay of Rs 12,000 per month against 225/day as the drivers have no fixed working hours, regularisation of services of drivers, who have completed eight years of service, bails of drivers after occurrence of accidents, adoption of group insurance policy for drivers, dispersing of arrears on time as fixed by court while disposing of petition, etc. They warned that only the management shall be responsible for the repercussions as well as financial losses to the corporation. |
