`State govt is putting pressure on employees'
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A majority of MTC buses in
the city and intercity buses operated by state transport corporations
will stay off the road on Monday as transport trade unions have
announced plans to go ahead with an indefinite strike after talks with
TN government failed on Sunday .
Preparations for the strike began
soon after word spread that talks had failed. Drivers and conductors of
MTC buses drove their vehicles to the depots and employees wrote
`strike' on the windshields of the parked buses. Commuters did not feel
the impact because it was a holiday.
Only 30% of long distance buses operated from Koyambedu. Similarly , more than 50% of the buses stayed off the road from Sunday afternoon at Trichy , Coimbatore, Madurai and Thanjavur. Labour Progressive Federation all India treasurer K Natarajan said the second round of talks held on Sunday also failed due to the adamant attitude of the government. Natarajan said, “We expect ma jority of the workers to join the strike from tomorrow. A total of 22,000 transport corporation vehicles are operated in the state of which only 10% will be plying.“
However, transport minister M R Vijaya Bhaskar said the AIADMKbacked union will not be part of the strike. Natarajan said the government was putting pressure on them by deploying police in many depots.
“By posting police the government is provoking the employees,“ he said.
CITU state president A Soundararajan said the strike started early in some parts of the state due to preemptive action by the government.“In many places including Namakkal, leaders of the action committee of (transport corporation) trade unions were arrested,“ he said.
The government said it was fully prepared to prevent the strike from affecting the public. The police have mobilised thousands of police personnel across the state to handle emergencies. In Chennai, there will be more than 15,000 police personnel at work and the strength will go up to one lakh across the state.
In a meeting conducted by the Chennai police commissioner Karan Singha on Saturday evening with officials of transport and revenue departments, it was decided to deploy additional police strength at CMBT and Pallavan House. All bus terminals will have the presence of revenue and transport department officials. Recovery vehicles will be kept ready and alternate drivers have been put on work to operate buses that are halted midway .
Only 30% of long distance buses operated from Koyambedu. Similarly , more than 50% of the buses stayed off the road from Sunday afternoon at Trichy , Coimbatore, Madurai and Thanjavur. Labour Progressive Federation all India treasurer K Natarajan said the second round of talks held on Sunday also failed due to the adamant attitude of the government. Natarajan said, “We expect ma jority of the workers to join the strike from tomorrow. A total of 22,000 transport corporation vehicles are operated in the state of which only 10% will be plying.“
However, transport minister M R Vijaya Bhaskar said the AIADMKbacked union will not be part of the strike. Natarajan said the government was putting pressure on them by deploying police in many depots.
“By posting police the government is provoking the employees,“ he said.
CITU state president A Soundararajan said the strike started early in some parts of the state due to preemptive action by the government.“In many places including Namakkal, leaders of the action committee of (transport corporation) trade unions were arrested,“ he said.
The government said it was fully prepared to prevent the strike from affecting the public. The police have mobilised thousands of police personnel across the state to handle emergencies. In Chennai, there will be more than 15,000 police personnel at work and the strength will go up to one lakh across the state.
In a meeting conducted by the Chennai police commissioner Karan Singha on Saturday evening with officials of transport and revenue departments, it was decided to deploy additional police strength at CMBT and Pallavan House. All bus terminals will have the presence of revenue and transport department officials. Recovery vehicles will be kept ready and alternate drivers have been put on work to operate buses that are halted midway .
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