APSRTC lays off over 6,200 contract employees

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has laid off 6,270 contract employees citing financial crisis due to Covid-19 lockdown, APSRTC Employees' Union claimed on Friday. It said that the management through oral orders had asked the contract workers not to report for duties. The depot managers were directed to utilise the services of only outsourcing staff. There are 52,000 regular employees in the corporation.

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