3,000 posts will be filled TGSRTC to launch 2,900 buses in State soon: MD

To meet the passenger rush in the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) buses after the Mahalakshmi scheme was introduced, the corporation is going to procure 2,900 new buses soon. TGSRTC MD VC Sajjanar said that the corporation decided to bring another 2,000 new diesel buses and 990 electric buses in a phased manner.
On Sunday, Sajjanar unfurled the national flag on the occasion of 10th Formation Day of Telangana State at the Bus Bhavan in RTC X Roads. He said that the TGSRTC decided to recruit 3,000 people in line with the new buses. They would be recruited after the government approval.
He said that TGSRTC increased fitment to 21 per cent for the employees and nine pending DAs have been sanctioned.
The corporation implemented the Mahalakshmi scheme within two days of the government announcement. Before the implementation of the scheme, an average of 45 lakh people travelled every day, but the number increased to 55 lakh per day.
Sajjanar said, “The RTC employees went on strike for 29 days in 2011, saying ‘ Memu Saitham (We too)’ to the formation of the Telangana State. The Sakala Janula Samme was one of the biggest strikes in the country’s history. A total of 56,604 RTC employees participated in this strike for the State formation.”
TGSRTC Chief Operating Officer Dr Ravinder,
Finance Adviser Vijaya Pushpa and others participated in State Formation Day celebrations.