The Nikhila Odisha Gram Rozagar Sevak Sangha on Wednesday said that the Gram Rozagar Sevaks (GRSs) would resort to an indefinite cease-work strike from February 5 in protest against the State Government’s lackadaisical attitude in fulfilling their demands.
Sangha members alleged that while they have been doing their duties in smooth implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment scheme, which benefits rural poor a lot, yet they are spending days with hunger only. “Though we have been demanding regularization of our jobs and other minimum facilities for long, the same have remained unheeded. Now, we have been forced to resort to an indefinite agitation,” said members at a Press conference here.
Their demands include regularisation of GRSs in all vacant VlW/PEO jobs, financial support in case of accident on duty, minimum monthly salary of Rs 9,300 plus TA/DA and inclusion of GRSs in EPF/ESI schemes.
Among others, Sangha president Badri Narayan Mohanty and general secretary Udayanath lenka were present.