Gondia, The RAPani employees are on strike since last October 28 for the major demand of merger of RAPani employees with the state government. In the present situation, the cold has increased a lot. Severe cold is starting in the district including the city. Even in such a situation, RAPani employees have continued the strike to fulfill their demand. Here the 48th day of the strike of Rapni employees has been completed. But due to the lack of any initiative by the government to fulfill the demand, there is a strong displeasure among the employees towards the policy of the government.
loss of crores of rapani
Due to the strike of Rapani employees, the buses of Rapani have been deposited in the depot for the last one and a half months. Not only the passengers have to bear the brunt of this, but Rapani is also having to pay the price. Hundreds of employees of Tiroda, Gondia depot under the Departmental Control Office are on strike, where RAPani has suffered a loss of crores of rupees due to the employees’ strike.
students walking under compulsion
Schools and colleges have started undone after the corona infection has subsided. But in the meantime, bus service in the entire district has been completely affected due to the continuation of the strike for the last one and a half months by the Rapani employees for their main demand. Most of the students from rural and inaccessible areas have to bear the brunt of this. Already there is little transport facility in these areas. In such a situation, due to the closure of Rapani’s bus service, students are compelled to go to school on foot. Due to which the students are facing a lot of problems.
Schools started undone after one and a half year
For the last one and a half years, schools and colleges in the state were closed due to Corona. In such a situation, there should be no academic loss of students last year, so the state government had started the online education system. But the students of rural and inaccessible areas of the district were deprived of the online education system. In such a situation, after reducing the infection of corona in the district including the state, the state government decided to start all schools and colleges and recently schools and colleges have started. Due to which the vigor has returned to the schools again. But due to the closure of the bus service, the students of rural and inaccessible areas have become completely troubled.
students using private vehicles
After the commencement of the school college, there was a lot of enthusiasm among the students about going to school. Suddenly the enthusiasm of the students turned into despair due to the start of the strike by the RAPani employees. Here students have to resort to private vehicles due to the closure of buses. On the other hand, students from many villages are reaching the schools by walking long distances on foot.