Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

New transport policy worst than in Badal regime: Trade unions

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PATIALA: Trade unions associated with Pepsu Road Transport Corporatio­n (PRTC) and Punjab Roadways have trashed the recently-notified new transport policy of the Congress government, claiming that new rules reduce public transport share of routes to 50% from 75% previously.

The government has maintained that the new policy is meant to end transport mafia in the state. The government has recently notified the policy and invited objections before it implements the same.

The unions termed the new policy worst than that implemente­d during the SAD-BJP tenure. This previous policy had been considered to majorly favour ‘influentia­l’ private transporte­rs.

At least six unions — the AllIndia Trade Union Congress (AITUC), the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Karamchari Dal, SC/BC Employees union and retired workers union — have also formed an action committee. This committee had decided to start a protest against the new Congress policy.

Nirmal Singh Dhaliwal, general secretary, All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), said, the claims of the Congress in reviving both the PRTC and the Punjab Roadways had fallen flat with new transport policy.

“The new policy promotes actually clips the wings of both state-run transport undertakin­gs,” Dhaliwal said. HTC

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