The part-time art teachers under the banner of the Odisha Kala Sikhyaka Sangha (OKSS) began their day-and-night dharna from Mondayhere at PMG Square.
The teachers have been staging dharna from October 13 demanding job regularisation and hike in salary. “As the State Government did not take any remarkable steps to fulfil our demands, we have started the day-and-night dharna from today,” said OKSS secretary Pradeep Kumar Das.
Under the guidance of OKSS president Arati Acharya, adviser Jyoti Ranjan Mohapatra, vice-president Shakuntala Manik, Suresh Chnadra Das and Sunil Kumar Mishra held a public meeting at the dharna place and shared about their problems.
A four-member OKSS delegation submitted a memorandum in this regard to School and Mass Education Secretary Ranjana Chopra, who said that their problems would be discussed at an OPEPA working committee meeting onOctober 19.