Hyderabad, June 9 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday handed over 553 buses to women self-help groups under the Mahila Shakti scheme aimed at empowering women. State-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) will hire these buses, and each self-help group will make a monthly income of Rs 70,000.The buses were handed over at an event held at the Parade Grounds in Secunderabad amid heavy rains. The event was organised as part of women empowerment celebration…
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Hyderabad, May 31 (IANS) Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said on Sunday that the merger of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) with the government would be undertaken after the elections for the recognised trade union.He stated that elections for the recognised TGSRTC trade union would be conducted shortly and that the process of merging the RTC with the government would be undertaken following consultations with the elected representatives.The minister said eve…
Hyderabad, May 27 (IANS) The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) will soon add 2,200 electric buses to its fleet, state Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar Goud said on Wednesday.Flagging off 60 electric buses at Kukatpally depot here, he said currently 960 electric buses are operational in Telangana, and another 2,200 buses will soon become available.The minister said as part of the green challenge, the TGSRTC is introducing EVs with the aim of controlling pollution and strength…
Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation has dismissed a bus driver of a private hire bus after he allegedly criticised the leaders of the ruling Congress staging a protest over the hike in petrol and diesel prices. The TGSRTC has written to the owner of the private hire bus (PHB) to withdraw the driver from PHB services with immediate effect.The driver, Ashok, while driving the bus from Jagtial to Dharmapuri on Monday, had made certain remarks criticising the Cong…
Amaravati, May 26 (IANS) A private travel bus overturned in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district on Tuesday, leaving around 30 passengers injured.The accident occurred on National Highway 44 near Vennedoddi in Gooty mandal.The bus, which was travelling from Hyderabad to Anantapur, overturned after the bus driver lost control while trying to avoid a lorry coming from the opposite direction.Passengers said the bus flipped three times before crashing into agricultural fields.On receipt of informat…
Hyderabad, May 6 (IANS) Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) has come to the rescue of a bus conductor who was unable to perform his duties due to his exceptional height of 6.5 feet.Ameen Ahmed Ansari had been serving as bus conductor at TGSRTC’s Mehdipatnam depot in Hyderabad.However, the 198 cm (6.5 feet) tall conductor was unable to perform duties as conductor inside the bus as the maximum height of the bus is only 6.4 feet.Ansari was suffering from neck and back pain due to …
Hyderabad, May 1 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday assured the employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation that the state government is committed to addressing their demands and protecting their rights. During the meeting with the representatives of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation unions, he assured that the government was taking numerous measures to strengthen the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation financially and ensure the eff…
Hyderabad, April 24 (IANS) A driver of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC), who attempted self-immolation during a protest by the striking employees to press for their demands, succumbed at a hospital here early Friday morning.Kola Shankar Goud (55), who had sustained 80 per cent burns on Thursday, breathed his last at Apollo DRDO Hospital.The driver set himself ablaze during the protest at Narasampet bus depot in Warangal district.He was admitted to MGM Hospital in Warangal …
Hyderabad, April 23 (IANS) Amid the ongoing strike by the employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC), a bus driver on Thursday attempted self-immolation during the protest by the striking employees to press for their demands. The incident occurred in the Warangal district, triggering tension. The driver set himself ablaze during the protest at Narasampet bus depot.K. Shankar Goud sustained 80 per cent burns. He was shifted to MGM Hospital in Warangal, where he was battling …
Hyderabad, April 22 (IANS) Public road transport services in Telangana came to a grinding halt on Wednesday as employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) began their indefinite strike in support of their demands.TGSRTC buses went off the roads across the state since midnight as the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of employees’ unions decided to go ahead with the strike following the failure of talks with the state government.With the RTC buses remaining confined to all 90 de…