Commuters across Punjab were put to a lot of inconvenience as about 8,000 contractual employees of the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) and Punbus went on a strike across 27 depots in the state. Government-run buses remained off the road, leaving many passengers stranded.
PRTC Contractual Employees’ Union vice-president Harkesh Vicky said the state government had not addressed their demands relating to job regularisation and pay parity despite 45 meetings with Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema and Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar.
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Seeking regularisation of all contractual employees, Vicky warned that if their demands are not met, the union would gherao Chief Minister Mann during the state-level Independence Day function in Faridkot.
Union secretary Jasdeep Singh Lalli pointed out that while PRTC operates 1,200 buses and Punjab Roadways has about 1,600, no new buses have been added to the PRTC fleet in four years.
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