Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh): 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.
The employees' union has appealed to Transport Minister Perni Nani to reconsider the orders to lay off the contract employees. The union leaders pointed out that the central government has issued clear instructions that there should be no lay-offs in government or private organizations during the lockdown.
They recalled that the state government too had assured in the past that the contract workers will not be removed from service.