Some of the AMTS employees on strike, ESMA invoked
February 29, 2012
Ahmedabad, 29 February 2012
About 1/3rd drivers and conductors of Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service(AMTS) are on strike today against suspension of 8 employees yesterday. The employees were suspended yesterday for insisting others to join the strike.
ESMA has been invoked and employees on strike are given ultimatum to join the duty by 2.00 pm. Meanwhile AMTS has started fresh recruitment. Earlier the minimum educational qualification of new candidate was 10th std. pass, but now it has been relaxed to 8th std. pass.
In another development, Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) has extended help to AMTS by offering services of 100 employees.
About 2/3rd number of AMTS buses are on road at present, while 1/3rd are affected by strike.
Normally there are 700 AMTS buses on roads in Ahmedabad.
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