The Mahatma Gandhi Bus Stand in Hyderabad has a deserted look following the nationwide indefinite strike called by TGSRTC employees on Thursday. | Photo credit: RAMAKRISHNA G.
On April 22, Hyderabad’s Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS), usually a chaos of crowds and groaning engines, fell silent. Buses stood in long queues, cubicle after cubicle, with cold engines. For nearly 65 lakh daily commuters across Telangana, their most reliable lifeline has simply stopped.
It’s already happened. Six years after a crippling strike halted public transport for more than 50 days, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) is once again caught in a loop. Its workers are back on the streets, pressing for 32 demands. The most contentious of these is the absorption of 40,000 employees into the civil service, which still hangs in the air like an unpaid debt. Only the party in power has changed; no crisis. The feeling of déjà vu is unmistakable.
Published – 24 Apr 2026 04:00 IST
