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Employees of the state-run Road Transport Corporations staged an agitation connected Thursday (February 19, 2026), demanding wage revision and clearance of pending arrears, among different issues. However, the RTCs maintained that services remained mostly unaffected, reporting mean operations with wide fleet utilisation exceeding 96%.
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of roadworthy transport corp (RTC) workers’ unions decided to spell up with its projected ‘Bengaluru Chalo’ march and a day-long objection astatine Freedom Park connected February 19, adjacent arsenic the authorities agreed to merchandise portion of the pending arrears and peculiar grants.
According to authoritative data, a full of 12,458 scheduled departures were planned crossed the 4 corporations — KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC and KKRTC. Of these, 11,987 services were operated, achieving an wide cognition complaint of 96.22%. With the summation of 663 other services, full operated services touched 12,650, taking the effectual cognition percentage, including further trips, to 101.54%, arsenic of 10 a.m. connected the day.
KSRTC operated 3,806 retired of its 4,177 scheduled departures, signaling 91.12% operations. With 656 further services operated nether ‘Jatra’ arrangements, its effectual operational percent roseate to 106.82%.
BMTC achieved near-full capableness operations, moving 3,540 services against 3,532 scheduled departures, touching 100.23% without deploying further services.
NWKRTC operated 2,250 retired of 2,310 scheduled departures, registering 97.40%. With 7 further services for jatra demand, its effectual cognition roseate to 97.71%.
KKRTC reported, operating 2,391 retired of 2,439 scheduled departures, achieving 98.03% operations.
On Wednesday (February 18, 2026), aft a gathering with national representatives, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy announced that 26 months of wage arrears amounting to ₹1,271.92 crore would beryllium released for officers and employees of the State’s 4 RTCs.
