A delegation led by the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pritam Singh met the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Friday and requested him to solve the problem faced by the general public due to the agitation of the field workers of 108 emergency ambulance service.
The Congressmen also demanded suitable compensation for the family of the Dalit youth who was allegedly murdered in Basan village of Jaunpur in Tehri district recently. On the emergency 108 ambulance services, the delegation sought immediate intervention of the CM.
The vice president of the state Congress Surya Kant Dhasmana who was part of the delegation said that the 717 workers of the 108 ambulance service are on path of agitation from last 18 days due to which the ambulance service has got severely affected.He said that the new company which took over charge from the GVK -EMRI is employing inexperienced workers due to which nine accidents have been reported in last few days.
He said that the new company is imparting training of only three days to the workers while the GVK -EMRI used to provide a training of 52 days. Dhasmana said that the PCC president Pritam Singh demanded that the CM should get the case of the ambulance service examined and take a decision in favour of the employees of the service.
On the murder of Dalit youth in Tehri district, the Congressmen said that government should declare an adequate compensation and provide job to one member of the family.
The delegation also demanded that the government should provide financial assistance to the Jaspal Singh of Nayagaon in Vikasnagar whose house was gutted in a major fire.
Later talking to the Pioneer, Dhasmana said that CM assured the delegation that all their demands would be looked into and appropriate action would be taken.
The delegation included former MLA Rajkumar, Mahanagar president Lal Chand Sharma, state Congress coordinator Rajendra Shah and others.