The Kerala State Road Transport Employees’ Association (KSRTEA) State conference will begin in Kannur on September 21.
The three-day conference of the association affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) would be inaugurated by CITU national president A.K. Padmanabhan at the Rubco Auditorium here at 10-30 a.m., association general secretary T.K. Rajan and organising committee vice-chairman P. Ramachandran said at a press meet here. KSRTEA president and Left Democratic Vaikom Viswan would hoist the flag to mark the beginning of the conference.
Transport Minister V.S. Sivakumar would address the conference at 5-30 p.m. on that day. The CITU State president K.N. Raveendranath would deliver the trade union address at 11 a.m. on September 22. Former Minister Elamaram Kareem, MLA, would inaugurate a seminar on ‘Challenges being faced by the public transport sector’ at 3 p.m.
KSRTC Chairman and Managing Director Alexander Luke would honour at the function drivers who had achieved fuel efficiency. Transport Commissioner T.P. Senkumar would also address the function. It would be followed by cultural programmes in the evening.
Former Transport Minister Mathew T. Thomas would inaugurate the amity meet at 10 a.m. on September 23. The public meeting and rally being organised to mark the conclusion of the conference would be inaugurated by Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan at 4-15 p.m. that day.
KSRTEA leaders said that the conference would chalk out action plan to be adopted to resist moves to withdraw governmental protection to the KSRTC.
