EV push, filling vacancies: Himachal’s looks to boost state roadways

Looking to pull the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) out from financial losses, the state government is set to bring in reforms, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said late on Wednesday.

The comments at a meeting of the transport department, with the CM asserting that such reforms will make HRTC self-reliant and generate more revenue and ensure timely payment of salaries and pensions to its employees and pensioners.

As part of the reforms, the state government will initiate a recruitment drive to fill up vacant posts of drivers and conductors in HRTC. He said the same was aimed at enhancing efficiency and providing better services to the people of the state.