In order to gain the attention of State Government, infuriated contractual employees of all three power corporation took out rally in Dehradun on Saturday and also threatened to intensify their agitation from next week onwards. The agitators lamented that memorandum highlighting demands was submitted many times to officials but steps are yet to be taken by the State Government for redressing their grievances.
Highly infuriated over the callous approach of the State Government for not fulfilling the year long pending demands of association, scores of contractual employees from Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited (UPCl), Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam limited (UJVNl), Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand limited (PTCUl) under the banner of Uttarakhand Vidyut Samvida Karmchari Sangathan (UVSKS) took out rally from Parade Ground to Clock Tower. The agitators also raised anti department slogans during the rally and also threatened to intensify their agitation if their demands are not met by the State Government. The agitators lamented that memorandum highlighting their demands was submitted many times to officials but steps are yet to be taken by the State Government for fulfilling the year long pending demands of association.
The agitators also lamented that the despite the fact more than three months have passed since they received assurance from the department officials, but steps are yet to be taken by the department for redressing their grievances. The agitators cleared that they will withdraw their agitation only when their year long pending demands would be fulfilled by the State Government. Addressing the gathering, Vinod Kavi, State general secretary, UVSKS expressed his concern that memorandum highlighting their demands was submitted many times to official but steps are still awaited from the State Government for redressing their grievances.
Kavi said that the agitated members are in the mood of decisive show this time and will withdraw their agitation only when their year long pending demands would be fulfilled by the State Government. He also demanded from the State Government to implement the deal signed between association’s office members and the delegation of association. later, the agitators have also decided to intensify their agitation, if their year long pending demands would not be fulfilled by the State Government in the given time frame.
It is also equally important to mention here is that among the pending demands of association are 15 per cent hike in salary, enforcement of labour laws and provision of Rs 10 lakh compensation etc. Manoj Pant, Pankaj Rawat, PS Rawat, Anil Jagudi, Jagdeep Singh, Kanchan Joshi, Ranveer Pundir, Sunil Chauhan, K Pandey and many more were also present.