Hyderabad, April 25 -- Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka announced in the early hours of Saturday, April 25, that the state government will hold elections to the recognised Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) unions and implement an 11 per cent increase in pay under the 2017 Pay Revision Commission (PRC).

He also announced the formation of a joint committee of officers and union leaders to chart out the process of merging TGSRTC with the state government - a first and long-awaited step toward a decades-old demand. Remaining issues, he added, could be resolved through dialogue between unions and management.

A full day of negotiations

Talks began at around 10 am on Friday, April 24, at the Dr BR Ambe...