SINCE OCTOBER 5, some 47,000 employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) have gone on strike, with no resolution in sight two weeks later. Government acts toughChief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, who was supported by TSRTC unions during the statehood movement, has dug in his heels saying he will not negotiate with the unions over their demands. “The CM saw no immediate need for the TSRTC staff to go on strike especially before the festival,’’ a CMO official said. Many drivers of garbage trucks of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation have apparently gone on leave, and were found driving TSRTC buses. Now, it is silent on the suicides of the two TSRTC employees, and a suicide attempt by another one.

Source: Indian Express October 20, 2019 19:52 UTC