Hyderabad, April 9 -- Drivers and maintenance technicians at the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) are facing an uncertain future after the management issued a notice on April 1 asking them to indicate their preferences for inter-district transfers or risk being transferred based on the agency's needs - a move that has rattled many workers who have served the organisation for over three decades, some with barely a year or two left before retirement.

The reason behind the TGSRTC's move is the state government's decision to revamp the entire RTC bus fleet within the Outer Ring Road's (ORR) limits by replacing the old diesel buses with 2,000 new electric buses by December 2026. All the RTC diesel buses will be relocated to...