Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of A.P. State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) Ch. Dwaraka Tirumala Rao on June 21 (Wednesday) said 294 candidates, who were family members of the employees who had died between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2019, were given jobs on compassionate grounds.
In a statement, Mr. Tirumala Rao said, of the 294 candidates, 34 were appointed as junior assistants, 99 as RTC constables, one as driver, 61 as conductors, and 99 as assistant mechanics.
Speaking after inaugurating an induction training programme organised for the 34 (20 female and 14 male) newly-appointed junior assistants, at the APSRTC Transport Academy, Mr. Tirumala Rao said they were from different backgrounds.