TSRTC staff get single-digit salaries, protest pay cuts
Moulika.KV@timesgroup.com
Hyderabad: 15.07.2020
Employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) are up in arms against authorities over pay cuts for June.
While holding a protest in certain parts of the state, the drivers and conductors said that many have received single-digit salaries despite the state government’s decision to pay the employees in full for the month of June. The employees, on Tuesday, condemned the corporation’s decision to continue the deferment of salaries to employees for the third consecutive month by allegedly marking them on leave on days when they attended their duties.
“I received ₹77 for the entire month. Is it our mistake that the corporation is not running the entire fleet? They are saying that we have not attended work even after we marked our attendance in the register every single day,” said B Venkanna, a conductor working at Bhadrachalam depot. Around 20 people of the same depot received a salary below ₹100 and 50 people got below ₹1,000.
Employees of Medchal and Mehdipatnam depots have also seen a huge cut in the salaries.
However, while agreeing that most of the employees received less salaries, Sangareddy depot manager Naga Bushanam said, “Post lockdown, only those who attended duties were paid. Around 15 members’ pay was cut because they did not show up for work.” He denied allegations of marking the staff absent or on leave when they attended duties.
TSRTC drivers and conductors protest against pay cuts
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