[Shimla,HP]HRTC Employees Defy HC Orders And Forced 2,200 Buses Off-Road
HRTC Employees Today Defied the High Court order,and started two dayer strike over several demands, including regularisation of contract staff +protection of pension benefits+crippling transport services in the state.
The Himachal Road Transport Corporation employees went on strike at the call of Coordination Committee of employees Unions.
The Leaders of the Coordination Committee claimed that the strike was total and the entire fleet of over 2,200 buses was off-road.
The HRTC has also demanded its conversion into roadways.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court had yesterday directed HRTC employees not to go on strike on June 14-15 and asked the Principal Secretary (Transport) to redress their legitimate grievances by June 20.
The order was passed by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan on a petition filed by Community Initiate trust (a social welfare trust) citing newspaper reports regarding the threat issued by HRTC employees unions to go on a two-day strike.
The strike has hit public transport with only private operators plying buses.
The HRTC employees, who went on two-day strike from midnight, did not disrupt traffic. They did not stop the private buses and taxis, which were overloaded due to increase in rush of passengers.