COVID Scare: Indian Railways lost 1,952 of its Employees
Due to many station masters falling sick, the truncated staff has to work overtime, since stations cannot be left without station masters
| 11 May 2021 10:08 AM GMT
New Delhi: The Railways Ministry said on Monday that Indian Railways has lost 1,952 of its employees, including frontline staff like station masters, to the pandemic since last year, and now around 1,000 railwaymen are reporting affected on a daily basis.
Suneet Sharma, Chairman Railway Board said that as of now they have 4,000 beds currently occupied by staff and their families. Their effort is to see that they recover quickly. As of yesterday, 1,952 rail employees have died due to COVID-19 since March last year.
No work no pay, Govt. warns staff
Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government rejecting the demands of
KSRTC employees who have sought implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission among others, the Employee Unions of all the four State-run Transport Corporations KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC and NEKRTC will go on an indefinite strike from tomorrow (Apr. 7).
Meanwhile, State Government has warned striking KSRTC employees of ‘No work no pay.’
With Transport Unions calling for an indefinite strike, KSRTC bus services will be badly affected from tomorrow. However, the Government said it has planned an alternative transport mechanism across the State to ensure that commuters are not inconvenienced by the strike.
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