Rakshabandhan: UPSRTC offers benefits to ‘sisters’, incentives to staff
Hindustan TimesChief minister Yogi Adityanath has once again announced free bus commutes for women during the Rakshabandhan period, from August 19 to 20, in UP State Road Transport Corporation buses. Officers, supervisors, drivers, conductors, and other bus operation staff have been denied leave, except in exceptional cases such as a family death or personal illness, the UPSRTC stated. Managing director Masoom Ali Sarwar instructed, “If there is more than 60% passenger load from the starting points for the areas of eastern UP, then additional services should be operated for the western regions.” Since the volume of passengers is more at Ghaziabad, Moradabad, Meerut, Bareilly, Lucknow, Saharanpur, Agra, Aligarh, Kanpur and Etawah bus stations, the MD has ordered officers and employees should be put on duty at the said bus stations as per the requirement. Every bus station has been given a fund of ₹5,000, for regional managers to distribute amongst employees working overtime, at their discretion.