A protest organised by the Odisha Government Contractual Employees’ Association before the Heads of the Departments in Bhubaneswar and in district and block offices continued for the 6th day on Sunday as workers wore black badges and joined flood aid emergency duties in various places.
The protest that started since August 16 was centered on the demand for the removal of Government contractual employment system.
A Press release from the association said the contractual employees registered their protests before the offices of departments of Education, Health, Commerce, Transport, Finance, Industry, Social Security, Agriculture and Livestock, Co-operative, Planning, Water Supply, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Supply, Information Technology, Child and Women Empowerment, Energy, Skill, Forest and Environment, Labour, Police and Fire.
The employees reportedly staged peaceful protest rallies across the State.
Association president Bijay Kumar Malla warned of intensifying the agitation if the State Government does not take immediate steps to fulfil its promises of abolishing the contractual system and making all contractual employees permanent.