Even as normal operations of buses resumed in Mysuru city and the district on Thursday after the transport strike was called off, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has assessed the revenue loss due to the three-day strike.
Besides severely inconveniencing commuters, the strike had hit the revenue collection in Mysuru rural and urban divisions, estimated to be a combined loss of Rs. 3.1 crore.
Divisional Controller (Mysuru rural) Mahesh told The Hindu that a revenue loss of Rs. 2.1 crore had been incurred by the division. The division’s daily revenue was around Rs. 75 lakh to Rs. 80 lakh as it operates over 650 schedules across the district, State and inter-State daily.
Normal operations from the suburban bus stand here resumed with the staff reporting back to work.
The Mysuru urban division also established normal operations on the intra-city routes here on Thursday.
Speaking to The Hindu , Divisional Controller (urban) Ramamurthy said that the division suffered a revenue loss of Rs. 90 lakh following the strike. The daily revenue of the division was around Rs. 30 lakh, he added.
Mr. Ramamurthy said that the division operates 422 schedules in the city and also to some nearby villages. Services of these schedules had commenced.
The strike had paralysed public transport in the city and district and the commuters had to rely on private buses, vans and autorickshaws to reach their respective destinations.
Children and senior citizens were put to severe inconvenience by the strike which was eventually called off after the government agreed to a 12.5 per cent salary hike. The strike had also affected livelihood of small vendors who used to come to the city from rural areas to earn a living selling fruits, and other items.
Meanwhile, sources told The Hindu that the staff, which were on strike for three days, will face a salary cut. “They will get July salary after a wage cut for three days,” the sources added.
