Summary:
The retired MTC staff would be working in two shifts — in the morning and evening peak hours. Financially unviableFor the MTC, it is not financially viable to recruit people to regulate the traffic at these bus stops. It has now planned to hire retired checking inspectors on contract to regulate buses at important stops in the city. As part of this, the MTC would be appointing 100 persons to regulate buses in key bus stops, including Chennai Central Station, Guindy, Velachery and Porur. And yet it had to be done, which is when the idea of hiring retired staff came up, and was instantly adopted, sources said..