T remains paralysed on 19th day of ‘Samme’

Normal life has remained paralysed in the Telangana region for the 19th consecutive day on Saturday due to the Sakala Janula Samme or the people’s general strike demanding statehood for the Telangana region.

The strike by the RTC employees of Telangana entered the 13th day and the medical strike too entered 10th day on Saturday. The strike crippled the entire administration as employees of the Secretariat, SCCL, RTC, electricity, GHMC, water board, teachers and employees in other services have joined the ‘Samme’.

Almost 10,000 buses remained off the road in the Telangana region on Saturday. Of nearly 3,500 city buses, less than 400 buses plied and most of them were used to transport the employees hailing from Seemandhra regions to the State Secretariat under tight security.

The RTC has set up a special counter at MG Bus Station to refund the money to the passengers who reserved their ticket to visit their native places for Dassera and Deepavali.

While the non-striking employees got their full salaries on Saturday, the striking employees held protests in front of the Secretariat against the implementation of ‘No Work No Pay’ rule. Meanwhile, the Ration Dealers Association announced that they would be joining the strike soon.

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