TSRTC stir enters 10th day, bandh in Khammam

October 14, 2019 11:40

The indefinite strike by unions of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation continued for the tenth day on Monday even as a bandh was being observed in Khammam district following the death of a driver.

D Srinivas Reddy, 55, driver of TSRTC Khammam depot, who set himself ablaze on Saturday, succumbed to the burn injuries at a hospital in Hyderabad on Sunday.

Hours after Reddy's death, a conductor Surender Goud, aged around 50, allegedly committed suicide by hanging at his house in Hyderabad on Sunday night.

Another TSRTC driver, aged around 40, doused himself with petrol at Narsampet depot in Warangal district on Sunday, however, police immediately intervened and foiled his alleged self-immolation bid.

The Khammam bandh call was given by the Joint Action Committee of TSRTC and various political parties following Reddy's death.

The striking employees held demonstrations even as workers of different political parties and organisations also took out protest rallies in Khammam and Kothagudem districts.

Khammam Commissioner of Police Tafseer Iqubal told PTI over phone the bandh was going on peacefully and the situation was normal, though dharnas and rallies were being held by RTC employees and others, but shops were open.

Condolence meetings were also being held at depots and bus stands in the state by the striking employees and workers.

Shops and business establishments remained shut in some areas in Khammamand security was beefed upin view of the bandh. -- PTI

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