Contractual malaria workers demand regularisation

Demanding regularisation of their services the contractual malaria workers of the Health department undertook an agitation before the MlAs’ hostel located on Race Course here on Friday. 

The president of malaria Multi Purpose Workers (MPW) Pravindra Singh Rawat said 212 MPWs were working in the remote and mountainous areas of the State from last six years. These workers were engaging in national progames like pulse polio, distribution of medicines and other works of the department. 

He said that 855 posts of health workers were vacant in the department which the Government has declared dead. 

Rawat said that in view of increasing incidences of communicable diseases like swine flu and Dengue the health department should regularize the MPW who are experienced and educationally qualified for being appointed on the post of supervisors.