TSRTC Strike Enters Day 11: All You Need To Know

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) employees' strike entered its 11th day on Tuesday with agitating employees saying that the government is 'least bothered'.

"State government is not taking any step, employees have died but they are least bothered. We are asking for merger of TSRTC with government. If it is privatised, there will be lot of trouble," protestors were quoted saying by news agency ANI.

All you need to know about the TRSTC Strike:

• Nearly 48,000 workers of TSRTC are on an indefinite strike from October 5 in response to a call by the JAC over demands, including the merger of the corporation with the government and filling up of vacant posts.
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• Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had taken a tough stand, saying the agitating workers had "self-dismissed" themselves and made it clear that under no circumstances would the RTC be merged with the government.

• A delegation of the Joint Action Committee of the employees unions submitted a memorandum to state Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, seeking her intervention in the matter and claimed she responded positively.

• Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan is set to leave New Delhi on Tuesday to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to appraise latest developments about the ongoing TSRTC strike and other issues.

• A bandh was observed in Khammam protesting the death of a driver who immolated himself on Monday.

• The Khammam bandh passed off peacefully with the striking employees claiming it was total. However, police said the bandhs impact was minimal.

• 55-year-old driver had succumbed to burns on Sunday, a day after setting himself ablaze, allegedly in protest against the government not conceding to the workers' demands.

• Hours after Reddy's death, conductor Surender Goud, aged around 50, allegedly committed suicide by hanging at his house here on Sunday night.

• A 42-year-old conductor tried to end his life by slashing his left forearm with a blade, but his attempt was foiled and he has been hospitalised and a case registered for attempting suicide on Monday.

• Another TSRTC driver, aged around 40, doused himself with petrol at a depot in Warangal district on Sunday. However, police immediately intervened and foiled his bid.

• Senior ruling TRS leader K Keshava Rao asked the workers to end the stir and resolve the issues amicably through talks

• Telugu film actor and Jana Sena Party founder Pawan Kalyan announced his party's support to the state-wide bandh call given by the JAC-TSRTC for October 19.

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