Bengaluru: Public transport across Karnataka, including its capital Bengaluru, is set to face widespread disruption as employees of the state’s road transport corporations — including KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC, and KKRTC — launched an indefinite strike from Monday morning.
The strike, called by the Joint Action Committee of Transport Unions, has been triggered by long-pending salary arrears and an unresolved demand for a pay hike. The unions are demanding payment of 38 months’ salary arrears worth ₹1,785 crore and a 25% salary increase effective from January 2024.
A partial settlement offer of ₹718 crore, covering just 14 months of dues, was rejected by the unions as “insufficient.” The employees argue that the hike is not only overdue but justified in light of rising living costs and years of wage stagnation.
Despite a Karnataka High Court order directing workers not to go on strike, transport employees have begun their protest at 6:00 AM, defying the directive.
The strike is expected to cripple bus services across the state, especially in Bengaluru, where lakhs of commuters rely daily on BMTC buses for affordable and accessible transport.
In response to the anticipated disruption, the state government has issued an advisory urging IT companies — particularly in Bengaluru — to implement work-from-home arrangements. The advisory, dated August 2 and signed by Dr. N.V. Prasad, Principal Secretary of the Transport Department, was shared with the Department of Information Technology to circulate among tech firms.
The move is aimed at reducing traffic congestion and easing pressure on alternative travel modes during the strike period.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has called the union’s full list of demands “unreasonable”, citing the transport corporations’ cumulative debt of ₹4,000 crore. He reminded that the government had already implemented a 15% salary hike in March 2023 and warned that further concessions could severely strain the state’s finances.
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