The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has served show-cause notices to around 8,000 of its employees for participating in the August 5 strike, which was called in defiance of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), 1981. Across the four State-run transport corporations — KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC and KKRTC — a total of nearly 17,000 notices were issued on August 6, a day after the strike, officials confirmed.
The strike was part of a State-wide agitation led by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Road Transport Corporation (RTC) employees, who launched an indefinite protest from 6 a.m. on August 5.
