India

MSRTC employees' strike about to enter third week

PTI

The strike of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees entered its 20th day on Tuesday with the state-run bus service remaining paralyzed in most places, officials said.The agitating employees did not budge from their demand of merger of the loss-making corporation with the State Government.        An MSRTC official said that out of 92,266 employees, 7,623 reported  to work during the day, over 700 more compared to Monday.        As of 6 pm, the corporation had managed to run only 66 buses, he said.         On Monday, 5,274 administrative employees, 1,918 workshop employees, 295 drivers and 136 conductors had reported to work.        Shekhar Channe, vice-chairman and managing director of the corporation, told PTI that Ajaykumar Gujar, president of the Maharashtra Rajya Kanishtha Vetanshreni ST Kamgar Sanghatana, submitted his union's written stand on the merger demand before the high court-appointed three-member committee in the evening.