Union leader detained as RTC employees’ strike enters 4th day in Karnataka
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April 10, 2021
Bengaluru, Apr 10: Kodihalli Chandrashekar, who is leading the ongoing Karnataka state owned transport employees strike, has been detained in Belagavi, sources said. Police took Chandrashekar into their custody and are taking him to Bengaluru, sources said.
According to sources in the Belagavi administration, Chandrashekar wanted to meet the Deputy Commissioner of the district, which was not granted.
Angry over it, the leader decided to stage a demonstration there.
The district authorities then detained him and directed that he be sent out of the district.
Meanwhile, fissures seem to have opened among sections of the state owned transport corporation bus employees federation as the strike over their salary related issues entered the fourth day on Saturday.
Karnataka police detains striking transport employees leader
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K taka road transport staff withdraw strike, buses resume. Image Source: IANS News
Belagavi, April 10 : A day after invoking provisions of the Karnataka Industrial Disputes Act against the ongoing transport employees strike, Karnataka police on Saturday detained Kodihalli Chandrashekar who is leading the Karnataka state owned transport employees strike, in this district headquarters town, sources said.
As the strike entered the fourth day, Chandrashekar who is honorary president of the Karnataka State Road Transport Employees League (KSRTEL), that is steering the protest seeking pay hike on par with other government employees by incorporating the Sixth Pay Commission s recommendations was detained by the Karnataka police in Belagavi.
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April 09, 2021 07:47 IST
Following complaints of overcharging, Transport Department instructs operators to follow fare structure of KSRTC and BMTC
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Buses parked at the KSRTC’s depot at Yeshwantpur in Bengaluru on Thursday, the second day of the strike by RTC employees.
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Following complaints of overcharging, Transport Department instructs operators to follow fare structure of KSRTC and BMTC
Many commuters relying on private bus operators, who have been given permits by the government on account of the indefinite strike by road transport corporation (RTC) employees, have claimed that they are being fleeced
Citing public interest, the Transport Department allowed private bus and van operators to ferry passengers from major bus stands in the city such as Majestic and Mysuru Road satellite bus terminal. The department also relaxed permit norms, providing tax benefits for a month so that more number of private operators