RTC will perish if division is allowed, warns JAC

If bifurcation of the State is allowed, survival of AP State Road Transport Corporation will be in jeopardy, warned Krishna district APNGOs Joint Action Committee chairman A. Vidya Sagar, on Wednesday. Addressing a ‘Save APSRTC’ sadassu, attended by scores of RTC employees and workers in the region, Mr. Sagar acknowledged the crucial role played by them in the ‘Samaikyandhra’ agitation. While the APNGOs and the several other organisations are horses hitched side-by-side drawing the chariot in the forward direction, APSRTC employees are the wheels that lend power to the movement,” he said amid applause. Pointing to the fact that all higher educational institutions were located in Hyderabad, he said in the event of bifurcation, “our kids will have to vie for the limited few seats available in the 15 per cent quota meant for other State students.” Referring to the proposal to make Hyderabad the joint capital, Mr. Sagar said that it was far from practical.