KSRTC in for course correction
The KSRTC was undergoing a transformation under the leadership of M.G. Rajamanickam..
The KSRTC is undergoing a transformation under the leadership of Mr M.G. Rajamanickam, managing director and chairman, who has been entrusted with the task of reviving the ailing corporation.
The trade unionism that once ruled the roost in KSRTC is a thing of the past. Steps like massive changes in working patterns by cutting down many privileges of employees, reducing work force by expelling contract employees, redeploying the work force and mass transfer to silence the defiant have shaken the employees.
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Old timers say that a section of union leaders had played a key role in converting the KSRTC into a cash-strapped entity. Some leaders had received kickbacks in the purchase of buses and spareparts.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had agreed to give a free hand to ‘MGR’ to breathe fresh life into the sinking corporation. Whenever the TUs oppose a move of ‘MGR,’ the CM himself ensures him freedom.