HMRL Employees protest for pay hike and other benefits
Hyderabad Metro Rail employees went on strike on Tuesday to protest lower salaries and other issues, causing brief disruptions to metro services. The HMRL's management denied the worker's claim and accused them of deliberately disrupting metro operations and spreading misinformation.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Hyderabad Metro is a second largest metro network in India.
- HMRL employees went on strike for pay hike.
- Workers claim HMRL wages are stagnant and overtook work.
- HMRL management denied the claim and accused workers
HMRL Employees protest for pay hike and other benefits
Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited, India’s second-largest metro network, is facing workforce agitation issues on law salaries and other issues. HMRL employees protest, which are causing disruptions to metro services in Hyderabad.
Several of Hyderabad Metro Rail employees went on strike in protest of their low salaries and various other issues, on Tuesday early morning. In demand of salary hike, the ticketing employees along the Red Line (Miyapur to LB Nagar) boycotted their duties for two hours,early on tuesday morning. That cause a brief interruption of metro services on Red Line and assengers experienced delays and had to wait in long queues at the station.
According to the reports, the workers salaries are remained stagnant at around Rs 11,000 per month for the past five years. Workers also complaint, the HMRL are taking over work from the workers and not providing the sufficient relief staff to cover their shifts.
Even, the workers also claim that they don’t have free access to the metro services or decent discounts, despite being staff members. The worker are being benefited and entitled with number of leaves below industry standards.
When the issue was told to the Hyderabad Metro Rail Management, they rejected the workers’ claims and denial the issue as workers are hired through contract agency. The management accused the workers of deliberately disrupting train operations and spreading misleading information for their own benefit. They assured that train operations were running smooth and on time with sufficient workforce available.
Despite the strike, services at the Ameerpet Metro ran relatively smoothly, with only one of the eight entrances remaining closed. It was reported that the closed entrance was ‘under maintenance’ though authorities did not provide further information. The remaining entrances had slightly longer queues due to a reduction in the number of ticketing officers from four to two. Many passengers opted to purchase tickets through digital payment platforms instead.
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