Talks between Haryana Govt roadways union fail

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Talks between Haryana Govt roadways union fail

Monday, 22 October 2018 | PNS | Chandigarh

Talks between the Haryana Government and the striking roadways employees failed on Sunday with the protesters sticking to their demand of withdrawal of decision to hire 700 private buses in the state.

The unsuccessful five-round meeting went on for over four hours here.

Members of the Roadways Employees Union on Sunday said their strike, which entered the sixth day on Sunday, would continue until their demands are met.

The employees have been on strike since October 16 against the Haryana Government's decision to hire 700 buses of private owners.

A meeting between the coordination committee of the employees union and senior officials of the Haryana government, including Principal Secretary to Chief Minister R K Khullar and Additional Chief Secretary (Transport) Dhanpat Singh, was held here.

The meeting was convened after Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar appealed to the striking employees to join duty keeping in mind the problems being faced by people during the festive season. The Chief Minister had invited union members to hold talks to resolve the issue.

Balwan Singh, a member of the coordination committee of the Roadways Employees Union, said, “The talks with the government have failed as the administration has refused to rollback its decision to introduce 700 private buses. The strike will continue”

He said the government officials had assured them of arranging a meeting with the Chief Minister.

We will decide on the future course of action on Monday, he added.

Representatives of the employees union also demanded cancellation of the tenders issued for 510 private buses.

They alleged that the State Government is trying to benefit a private transporter by hiring private buses.   

Justifying move to introduce 700 private buses, the government has maintained that the Haryana Roadways at present has only 4,100 buses. Given the demand, the state needs 15,000 buses to cater to the population of over 2.5 crore.

There are about 19,000 employees in Haryana Roadways, which has a fleet of more than 4000 buses in which nearly 12 lakh passengers travel daily.

While private operators will run new buses and have their own drivers, the conductors will be employees of the Haryana Roadways, who will submit the receipts to the government.

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