hyderabad sources stated that the state government has informed the telangana high court that the strike-ridden telangana State Road Corporation, which is grappling with financial issues must address its immediate and long-term liabilities. Meanwhile Chief Secretary S.K. Joshi filed an affidavit before the high court stating that in so far as immediate liabilities are concerned, the outstanding payments, including statutory payments, which TSRTC has to pay immediately, amount to Rs 2,209 crore.
Furthermore he explained to the court that out of the Rs 2,209 crore, Rs 1,521.25 crore is towards employees’ salaries. In addition to the above liabilities, the TSRTC has incurred cumulative losses of Rs 5,269.25 crore as on August 31, 2019. Apparently he asked that if the rtc continues to operate in losses like this, and the unions are fully aware about it and cannot feign ignorance.
Meanwhile terming the rtc workers strike as illegal, the Chief Secretary told the high court that the attitude of the unions and contemptuous acts could be gauged from the fact that when it was well known that the supreme court will announce the ayodhya verdict on november 9, and the country would be on high alert, the Joint Action Committee aggravated the situation by holding an agitation thinking that by deliberately causing inconvenience to the common man, the government will succumb to their pressures.
