The A.P. Public Transport Division Workers Union has threatened to launch an agitation if the State authorities doesn’t cancel G.O. No. 137, which allots APSRTC land in Vijayawada to the LuLu Group for the development of a shopping center.

Addressing a press convention on Tuesday, union zonal secretary B. Krishna Murthy stated that the RTC land in query, positioned at Governorpet 1 & 2 Depots and the Outdated Bus Stand, is valued at round ₹400 crore. The land, located within the coronary heart of Vijayawada metropolis, at present serves 200 buses and over 1,100 staff, apart from catering to hundreds of commuters day by day.

He stated the land had initially been acquired by APSRTC in 1959 at ₹16 per sq. yard for a complete of ₹4.60 lakh, and strongly opposed its allotment to personal entities. He advised that if the federal government goals to develop ‘Navyandhra Pradesh’, industrial complexes like procuring malls must be arrange on the outskirts of town to spice up suburban growth.

Criticising the transfer, Mr. Krishna Murthy stated allotting prime RTC land whereas asserting free bus journey for girls from August 15 would adversely have an effect on feminine passengers. He alleged that the federal government was making an attempt to privatise the RTC via backdoor strategies by handing over its belongings to personal gamers.

Citing earlier situations, he stated the RTC Coaching School in Vijayawada, unfold over 29 acres, was handed to a personal firm in 2014, and in 2017 there have been makes an attempt to depict the Governorpet Depots as being in a ‘buffer zone’ to facilitate related transfers. He claimed that regardless of RTC staff working for the electoral success of the TDP-led alliance, the brand new authorities was now making an attempt to weaken the company.

Union State secretary N.V. Rama Rao, zonal joint secretary M.S. Narayana, and different leaders G. Tatalu, M. Sankara Rao, Ok.S.M.S. Swami, Ok. Srinivasa Rao, and V.V. Rao had been additionally current on the press meet.