Employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) endured their strike for the 15th day on Thursday over the call for for merger of the coins-strapped agency with the kingdom government, no matter an attraction from Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to cooperate with the government in its effort to resolve their troubles.
All 250 bus depots of the MSRTC remained close for the second one consecutive day, an respectable stated.
Lakhs of passengers throughout the kingdom retain to stand hardships with no answer in sight to the difficulty.
Despite the suspension of over 900 employees, numerous MSRTC people are still firm on continuing the agitation until their demand for the merger of the organisation with the state government is met.
According to MSRTC officers and union assets, as of now no meeting with authorities government is scheduled on Thursday for resolving the difficulty of the strike.
A segment of the MSRTC employees are scheduled to meet Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray during the day.
"The state of affairs is unchanged today. All 250 depots are close across the state," an MSRTC legit stated.
The state-run employer has so far suspended 918 personnel from diverse depots for upsetting and taking part in the strike. Action is in all likelihood to be taken in opposition to more employees later in the day.
The indefinite strike commenced from October 28 and steadily intensified after the Diwali pageant concluded remaining week.
On Wednesday, Chief Minister Thackeray appealed to the agency's personnel no longer to preserve the negative humans to ransom by means of continuing their protest.
Maharashtra Transport Minister Anil Parab, who's additionally the chairman of the MSRTC, on Wednesday met a delegation of the Maharashtra ST Employees Joint Action Committee and appealed to the employees to call off their strike, while the company filed a contempt petition in the Bombay High Court.
Hundreds of MSRTC personnel from throughout the kingdom converged in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon and held a rally at the Azad Maidan to press for his or her call for.
Parab said Maharashtra has fifty six state-run companies, and if the MSRTC unions' call for become ceded, other groups will also call for merger with the authorities.
"While merging a organisation, complete questioning is needed. Explain this to the people and ask them to get returned to paintings," Parab advised the unions.
BJP chief Sadabhau Khot met Parab on Wednesday and stated the salaries of MSRTC employees were very low, a few had committed suicide, consequently the organization must be merged with the kingdom government straight away.
Parab pointed out that the nation government has already appointed a committee to study the merger call for.
The MSRTC on Wednesday additionally filed a contempt petition in the HC, pronouncing the unions have persevered the strike regardless of the court docket affirming it illegal.
The courtroom sought replies from the unions with the aid of Friday, and posted the matter for hearing to November 15.
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