PMPML’s daily workers face lockdown hardship
BySupriya DedgaonkarSupriya Dedgaonkar / Updated: May 5, 2021, 06:00 IST
Authority attempts to give them work in civic bodies on
COVID duty
Another lockdown – started in the city last month - has prompted hundreds of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (
PMPML) workers to strategise how to survive another year of uncertain times.
At least 1,700 daily wage workers of the
transport utility have been put off work, like in 2020, and are not being paid.
The lockdown has yet again pushed the transport body in a tough spot as they can no more run their buses in full capacity and are limited to ply essential services workers only. According to the PMPML administration, this is the reason why they want to extend the brunt of the