Summary:
Delhi Metro had in 2015 agreed, “in principle”, to upgrade pay scale of maintainers from ?8,000—14,410 to ?10,170—Rs 18,700 from July of that year. Since Friday, the protesting staff, wearing black bands, are gathering at metro stations across Delhi-NCR and sloganeering against the management in between their shifts. Thereafter, from 0000 hours of July 24, the protesting staff of around 9,000 will enforce a total shutdown,” secretary of staff council Anil Kumar Mahato said. more-inThe Delhi Metro’s non-executive staff on Saturday threatened to bring train services to a halt from Monday if their demands, including a pay hike, were not met. All pay related issues shall be dealt shortly after issue of orders by the government,” the DMRC management responded..