Shimla, May 13 -- The Himachal Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) Employees Union on Wednesday held gate meetings and protests in Shimla, demanding immediate release of pending salaries and wages and warning of a work boycott if salaries are not paid on time every month.

Addressing the employees during a protest, HRTC Employees Union State President Mansingh Thakur alleged that salaries had not been disbursed in most HRTC units despite repeated assurances from the corporation management.

Thakur said that barring a few depots, employees in nearly 28 depots across Himachal Pradesh had not received their salaries till Wednesday. He said drivers, conductors and mechanics working in remote areas were facing severe financial hardship d...