TSRTC employees resume work

Hyderabad: Employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) resumed their duties on Friday after striking work for 54 days. Most of them turned up at their respective bus depots since morning.

The employees had kept off work from October 5 and called it off on November 25, but the RTC management initially did not allow them to re-join duty, stating that the Labour Commissioner would take a decision on the matter prolonging the impasse.

The RTC management had also said the strike was illegal. The government and the RTC management adopted a tough stance on the strike by the employees, saying it had been illegal.

The RTC employees had begun their strike with various demands, including the merger of the corporation with the government.