Retired defence personnel are being employed as security guards in the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), Transport Minister Diwakar Raote today said.
He said 900 ex-servicemen have already been appointed in the MSRTC as security guards and 550 more are being added.
Raote was in Kalyan to enquire into attacks on MSRTC drivers by autorickshaw drivers.
Talking to newspersons outside the ST depot, he warned attacks on MSRTC drivers will not be tolerated.
Suresh Bhosale, a MSRTC driver, was recently attacked by a rickshaw driver. He is being treated at a local hospital, where Raote paid a visit and enquired about his health.
At a time when the Minister was in the city, RTO carried out checking of autorickshaws and detained as many as 258 who had no permit to operate their vehicles.
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