Reshuffle crucial to save lots of KSRTC, says MD
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A day after KSRTC managing director Biju Prabhakar made a scathing assault on a bit of staff who, he alleged, are exploiting the company, he reiterated his stance on Sunday and careworn the necessity to usher in skilled administration on the high to save lots of the general public sector utility from its present disaster. In a Facebook dwell, he assured the workers that he had by no means castigated them en masse.
“Only five per cent of the employees are engaged in various malpractices and those big sharks were upset with my remarks on Saturday. It is sad to note that some senior officials in the main corporation office do not even speak with each other. How can the corporation stage a strong comeback when a section of officials who take vital decisions in the corporation are not interested in the official affairs?” he requested.
“In Vadakara depot, a staffer had evaded duty for 120 days saying he was in a containment zone. He is still with the corporation. A section of officials show no sense of responsibility or accountability. The inefficient top and middle management cadre are a curse of KSRTC. It should change and a professional management has to be put in place. The new subsidiary company, KSRTC-SWIFT, proposed for operating buses funded by KIIFB is one such decision to handle affairs in a professional manner,” he mentioned.
The suggestions of the Sushil Khanna committee for decreasing bills and enhancing non-ticket income should be applied and those that elevate a banner of revolt towards the revival and modernisation of KSRTC is not going to have anyplace within the company.
At the identical time, he reiterated that no worker might be fired on account of poor efficiency however a reshuffle is crucial. Despite the success of CNG-powered buses, KSRTC officers usually are not taken with bringing in change within the fleet. “Come what may, the corporation will go ahead with the plan of switching to CNG,” he mentioned.
Finance Inspection Wing for detailed probeT’Puram: The Finance Inspection Wing has beneficial an in depth probe into the anomalies detected in KSRTC accounts. Its investigation discovered that the company’s headquarters, the chief workplace, didn’t have official information pertaining to the Rs 100.75 crore spent between 2010 and 2013. Not solely that, the investigation workforce couldn’t discover statements relating to transactions carried out between the chief workplace and depots through the interval. Four individuals, together with government director Okay M Sreekumar, have been named by the FIW on this connection.
