With various Haryana Transport Employees unions pressing for withdrawal of granting long route permits to private transporters, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar will now meet representatives of five unions on Saturday. Haryana Transport and Education Minister, Ram Bilas Sharma on Friday said that all officers of the Department would also be present in the meeting.
The Minister said that process of giving private permit has already been functioning. The present State Government has already made it clear that Transport Department would not be privatised, he added. Thousands of commuters had on March 17 faced inconvenience across Haryana as the bus services remained paralysed following one-day strike call given by the State roadways against the issuance of new time-table for private bus operators. In the past also, also, the unions had given strike call paralysing the transport facilities across the State.
Regarding the demands of computer teachers, Sharma said that these teachers have mainly three demands which included their 13 months pending salary, refund of their security fee amounting to Rs24,000 deposited with concerned company and lodging FIR against the concerned company. The State Government has accepted all three demands and has also sanctioned Rs71 crore in the budget with regard to their pending salary. On being asked about new recruitments, the Minister said that Chairman and Members of Staff Selection Commission have already been appointed for this purpose.