APSRTC unions oppose privatisation of electric bus operations

Key points

• Leaders of recognised employees’ unions in the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) have urged the government to operate electric buses through the corporation itself with government support instead of moving towards privatisation.
• The demand was raised during a Joint Staff Council meeting held at the State Secretariat in Amaravati on Friday with Special Chief Secretary, Transport, Roads and Buildings, and in-charge Public Transport Department Commissioner and APSRTC Managing Director M.T.
• Krishna Babu.
• Representatives of the APSRTC Mazdoor Unity Association (NMUA) and APSRTC Employees Union (EU) participated in the meeting.
• The union leaders urged the government to stop handing over valuable RTC assets to private operators in the name of introducing electric buses.