[Chd,Pb]Contractual Employees of Punjab Roadways Go on Strike
Contractual employees of the state-owned Punjab Roadways Tuesday went on a three-day strike in support of their demands including regularisation of their jobs and increase in salary.
More than 1,500 buses stayed off the road across Punjab, causing inconvenience to passengers.
Under the banner of Punjab Roadways Punbus Contractual workers union, the protesters are mostly drivers and conductors.
“Contractual employees have been working for the past several years but they have not been regularised,”
They claimed that drivers and conductors were being paid a meagre amount of Rs 6,000 to Rs 7,000 per month as salaries.
The protesters held demonstrations at several bus depots including the ones at Ludhiana and Amritsar and did not allow the movement of buses.
They also raised slogans against the state government for not acceding to their long pending demands.
The state administration deployed police force at the bus depots to prevent any untoward incident.
Contractual workers have also threatened to ‘gherao’ the residence of Punjab Transport minister Razia Sultana at Malerkotla in Sangrur on July 3 as part of their protest.
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Contractual Employees of Punjab Roadways Go on 3 Dayer Strike
Punjab Govt Mulling To SetUp Vehicle Tracking System In Buses
[Chd,Pb]Punjab Govt Mulling To SetUp Vehicle Tracking System In Buses
Vehicle Tracking System be set up in all the PRTC, PUNBUS and Punjab Roadways buses. Likewise all the bus stands situated in the state would have access to free wifi & internet facility.
It was disclosed by Mrs. Razia Sultana, Transport Minister in a press communiqué after presiding over a meeting with General Managers of PRTC and Punjab Roadways held at Punjab Bhawan, Chandigarh. She said that Vehicle Tracking System would give real time position of any bus plying in the state She said that the success of Vehicle Tracking System has been tested in 350 PRTC buses and now this system would be installed in all the Punjab Roadways, PUNBUS and PRTC buses.
The Transport Minister said that Regional Transport Authority would conduct surprise checking to check the schedule timing of bus routes. She said that action against the violators of the scheduled timing of bus routes would be taken at the spot. She said that General Manager would assist the RTAs and provide every information during this surprise checking.
The Minister said that the Punjab Government would soon extend free Wifi & internet facility to the citizen at each bus stand of the state.
Prominent amongst those who attended the meeting included Mr.K. Siva Prasad, Principal Secretary, Mr. Tejinder Singh Dhariwal, Director, Mr. Amit Bamby, Additional Managing Director, PRTC and other senior officers of the department
Rs 129 Crore Released for Social Security Schemes In Pb
[CHD,Pb]Rs 129 Crore Released for Social Security Schemes In Pb
The Punjab Government released the grant of Rs 129 crore to be paid to the beneficiaries for the month of January 2018.
As per Social Security and Women & Child Welfare Minister, Mrs. Razia Sultana, 17.28 Lakh would be benefitted.
She said that soon the pension amount would be credited into the Bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
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