HRTC to release pending dues of pensioners within a week

Himachal Pradesh Transport Minister G S Bali today announced that the state government would release within a week Rs 15 crore to clear arrears of pensioners and pending payments of employees of the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC).
"An amount of Rs 15 crore would be released within a week to clear the arrears of pensioners and pending payments of employees of the HRTC," he said.
The state government will release Rs 8.17 crore from the total amount to clear the arrear of pension of 4,795 retired HRTC employees, Bali said .
"The state had released Rs 17 crore in June to pay eight month due over time allowance. The pending amount of Rs 2.30 crore would be covered by the funds to be released," he said.

The Transport Minister said that out of this amount, Rs 1.80 crore would be released to the retirees on account of pending leave encashment for the month of August and September and it would benefit 59 pensioners.
"Rs. 2.44 crore would be released on account of pending dues on account of gratuity for July and August last year and it will cover 53 cases," he said.
The Minister assured that all the payments would be released by the HRTC on or before November 20.