RTC ready to withdraw from strike

Transport Minister Botsa Satyanarayana held a meeting with RTC Employees union leaders today. He appealed them to withdraw from their indefinite strike keeping in view of the problems being faced by the people. They also positively responded to his appeal. They said they would like to oblige his request, only if the government makes the RTC as one of its department. They said if the government agrees to this proposal, they will take a decision in the ANGOs meeting to be held on September 16th.

If, the government could crack the month long AP NGOs indefinite strike by striking chord with RTC, then it believes rest of the employees will also fall in line with it. However, the RTC employees proposal would be too heavy to consider as it immediately needed Rs. 5000 crore to pull it out from its losses. Unless, the Central government helps, state government can’t afford to spend that much at the prevailing crisis situation.