Data operators-cum-clerks stage protest seeking pending salaries

January 04, 2017 12:38 am | Updated February 03, 2018 01:34 pm IST - RAICHUR:

Data operators-cum-clerks form a human chain during their protest at Basaveshwar Circle  in Raichur.

Data operators-cum-clerks form a human chain during their protest at Basaveshwar Circle in Raichur.

Demanding that their pending salaries be released, data operators-cum-clerks working at various gram panchayats in Raichur district staged a protest at Basaveshwar Circle here on Monday.

Traffic movement was disrupted for some time when the protesters formed a human chain blocking roads leading to the Railway Station and the Central Bus Stand and also various localities from these areas.

Nearly 180 employees, working in different gram panchayats for the past nine years, are discharging duties without salaries for the past 30 months and their demand for pending salaries has remained unattended to despite their repeated requests.

These employees are facing financial difficulties to meet family needs, including school fees of their children. Therefore, the State government should take immediate steps to release the pending salaries and also take an initiative to deposit monthly salaries before the fifth of every calendar month, they said. Later, they withdrew protest and allowed vehicles to move after the officials concerned assured them of solving their problem at the earliest.

Bhimareddy Patil, Tayanna, Razzak, Channabasav, Mallikarjun and others participated.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.