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Monday, Jun 16, 2025
The employees' unions have made clear that they would not back away from the protest without KSRTC agreeing to a slew of demands, old and new.
The minimum bus fare has been raised to Rs 10. For autorickshaws the new minimum fare will be Rs 30. For taxi the basis fare is Rs 200 for 5 km.
The KSRTC employees union had been at loggerheads with the management for weeks over the non-payment of salaries.
The Kerala State Road Transport Employees' Union has threatened extreme steps including boycott of duties if salaries are not paid immediately.
Though Kerala govt sanctioned Rs 30 crore to KSRTC for dispersing salaries, the Corporation maintains that it has not received it.
The bus, which sped on to Kozhikode unaware of the incident, was impounded after it was brought back to Thrissur later in the day.
Though earlier reports carried that it was the bus that hit Tamil Nadu native Paraswamy, CCTV visuals have confirmed that it was in fact a pickup van that hit him first as he was crossing the road.
The government's intervention came shortly after Kerala State Transport Employee's Union called for an indefinite strike citing non-payment of salaries.
The accident on the first day of service of the much-touted SWIFT buses stole the thunder that otherwise could've been KSRTC's.
The Karnataka RTC will conduct 7 special services to Kochi on Apil 13.
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