54-day-long Telangana transport workers’ strike ends

Telangana, Nov 29 (HS): The strike of the employees of the Telangana State Transport Department, which has been going on for 54 days, ended today. After the Chief Minister’s Chandrasekhar Rao, assurance to all the employees, has returned. After the strike ended, the employees celebrated by distributing sweets. All the employees have reached their depots today and have resumed work.

The strike started in October, when the KCR government refused to accept the demand of transport workers. After this, all the transport workers went on strike. All employees were dismissed by CM KCR, angry with the strike. After this, the strike went on for 54 days. During this time 6 employees committed suicide, while dozens of employees died of a heart attack.

The striking employees were on indefinite strike for the last 54 days, including the merger of the Corporation with the State Transport Department. The strike, which began on October 5, involved 48 thousand workers. Now, with the end of the strike and the return of the employees to work, the state government has breathed a sigh of relief, while the common citizens have got relief from the difficulties in the traffic.