BENGALURU: Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) doesn't have enough money to pay their former employees. There is a simmering unrest among the former BMTC employees over the pay settlement issue.
The transport corporation hasn’t paid the remaining dues to their former employees even 15 months after their retirement.
“I retired in the month of January and whenever we ask them, the BMTC keeps telling we will pay. If we go near the office, they won’t even let us inside. We have family; we need to educate our children, do their wedding, there are health issues as well to be taken care of,” said Gundanna, a former BMTC employee.
The corporation is running at a loss and even they know it well. The official from BMTC also added that they have paid the dues for employees, who retired till August 2016.
While another former employee said that there are thousands of retired employees who are waiting for their settlement money, while many employees have even passed away without getting it.
Recently, Domlur TC died without even getting his settlement money. The employee added that all that money will eventually go back to the organisation itself. Every orgainsation will settle their dues within one month after the retirement, but not in this case.
"Pay us the settlement money, we will go to our village," added Gundanna.
BMTC Chairman Nagaraj Yadav said, “There is a process that is going on already. We are paying them on the seniority basis. There is a financial crisis and BMTC is running under Rs 200-crore loss. It will take another one year time to get back to the track.”
Nagaraj also added that they will be able to work it out now as the motor vehicle tax is being levied on BMTC buses for 5 years by the state government.
