Continuing the agitation on the second consecutive day, infuriated members under Uttarakhand Diploma Engineers Sangh (Peyjal Nigam) submitted memorandum to lokayukt in Dehradun on Wednesday and urged to take effective steps for redressing their grievances.
They have also threatened to intensify their agitation including boycotting the work in the near future for fulfilling their yearlong pending demands. However, association members said that the agitated members will stage protest for two consecutive days at Jal Nigam office from Thursday onwards and will further intensify their agitation.
A delegation of the members along with AK Chaturvedi, State president, Uttarakhand Diploma Engineers Sangh (Peyjal Nigam) and Arun Rawat, State General Secretary gathered at lokayukt office in Dehradun on Wednesday and submitted memorandum to speedy action.
Speaking on the occasion, Chaturvedi said that memorandum highlighting our demands was submitted many times to top officials and bureaucrats but steps are yet to be introduced by the department for redressing the grievances of association members.
He said that association members have been demanding from the State Government to declare Peyjal Nigam as State Government department, departmental tests for promotion, hold DPC for promotion of the employees, filling of vacant posts of executive engineer and superintending engineer and chief engineer, sanction allowance including GPF, vehicle operational and maintenance allowance, medical and health allowance etc are among the few pending demands of association.
Chaturvedi said that infuriated members are in a decisive show this time and will intensify their agitation in the near future.
Echoing the same feelings, Arun Rawat, State General Secretary, Uttarakhand Diploma Engineers Sangh (Peyjal Nigam) said that members had earlier withdrew their agitation after receiving positive response from the higher officials but steps are yet to introduce by the department for fulfilling the yearlong pending of association. He said that association members will intensify their agitation in the near future.