T’gana RTC staff angry over double, single-digit salaries

Hyderabad : After receiving 50 per cent salaries for three months, the employees of the state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) were hoping to receive full salaries for June but to their utter shock the management resorted to huge cuts.
Many employees received salaries between Rs 4,000 and Rs 5,000 against Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000. Some of the employees received salaries below Rs 1,000. Few were paid salaries below Rs 100 or even in single digits.
An employee in Bhadrachalam depot was shocked to receive the message on his mobile phone that Rs 7 was credited to his bank account. Another employee of the same depot received Rs 57 while a third was paid Rs 77. The corporation paid Rs 999 to a fourth employee.
The employees alleged that they were not paid by the management on the ground that their services were not used or they were absent.
As the TSRTC is operating partial services in view of low occupancy due to the COVID-19 situation, the management is using the services of only a section of the employees. Others are being treated as spare but they have to come to the depot to mark the attendance.
Those who received meager payment alleged that they were marked on leave despite their attendance. However, the depot managers have denied the allegations and said all those who attended the duties were paid in full.