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Ground Report: DTC workers threatens to field candidate in upcoming Lok Sabha polls against AAP
New Delhi: Taking an inspiration from the Aam Admi Party protest’s politics, agitating contractual workers of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) are planning to contest in upcoming Lok Sabha polls in all the seven parliamentary seats of Delhi to teach the ruling party a lesson. Agitating DTC workers are sitting on[Read More…]
Ground Report: DTC contractual workers claim massive retrenchment post strike
New Delhi: Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) contractual workers claim that they are facing a massive retrenchment drive by the management against the strike called on October 30. Agitating workers are sitting on a protest demonstration for the last 20 days at Indraprastha depot, DTC headquarter. “Around 1000 to 1500 hundreds[Read More…]
DTC contractual workers seek President’s permission to commit suicide
New Delhi: DTC contractual workers on Thursday, the 18th day of their indefinite protest, appealed to the President of India to either intervene or allow them to commit suicide. “We have been sitting on a strike since October 22 and no authority has come forward to talk to us. Either[Read More…]
Commuters to face tough time as 3,500 DTC buses call day-long strike
Delhi commuters may face a tough time as nearly 11,286 contractual drivers and conductors of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses called a day-long strike on Monday, October 29, demanding restoration of their original wages that were slashed by the DTC after a court order. In addition, the employees demanded for the[Read More…]
DTC workers’ strike on while govt agrees to restore old wages
New Delhi: The Delhi Transport Corporation workers call to go on a strike on the 29th of October, add more worries to commuters of Delhi. the strike is called against the decision taken by the Management to reduce the minimum wages paid to the contract workers in DTC. The DTC[Read More…]
Delhi Lieutenant Governor bans strike by DTC contractual workers for 6 months
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), prohibiting for six months any strike by contractual workers of Delhi Transport Corporation. He invoked ESMA citing bus transport as an “essential service” for the people of the city. DTC contractual employees – drivers[Read More…]
Delhi: NGT asks DTC to form task force on dysfunctional buses to tackle vector-borne diseases
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi Transport Corporation to form a task force to tackle the problem of breeding mosquitoes in abandoned buses leading to a rise in dengue and chikungunya. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the DTC to set up the special[Read More…]