Legal strike on an ‘illegal’ strike
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Feb 27, 2021, 06:00 IST
Organisation goes to
KSRTC,
BMTC strikes
Seems like agitations are bleeding the transport corporations dry and Samarpana, a Rajajinagar-based cultural and social service organisation, wants somebody to be answerable for the losses. The organisation has filed a writ petition in the
High Court requesting a direction to the state government and other authorities to recover the losses incurred during the recent strikes by Karnataka State Road
Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and
Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) employees.
An RTI response availed by advocate Geetha Misra, revealed that the BMTC has incurred a revenue loss of Rs 7,93,25,640 during the strike between December 11 and 14, 2020. The advocate had also written to the authorities on January 15, 2021, seeking action against KSRTC and BMTC employees responsible for the revenue loss but no ac