Scores of State Government employees of various departments under the banner of State Employee Joint Council demonstrated, demanding the State Government to act on their 23-point demands, at Parade Ground in Dehradunon Friday and later took out a rally towards the Secretariat which was stopped midway by police.
The charter of demands include hike in assured career promotion, issuance of Uttarakhand health cards, formation of employee welfare corporation, transportation allowances, allowances for those employees working in far-flung areas of the state and integration of departments.
Hundreds of protesters from different departments, including forest, revenue collection-amin and excise, led by the State Employee Joint Council president Pralad Singh assembled at Parade Ground from where they took out the rally towards the Secretariat.
The district administration meanwhile deployed additional police forces to maintain pace and resolve the traffic snarl caused by the rally.
Police put a barricade on Subhash Road and stopped the protesters from moving forward. Verbal arguments ensued between the police and the protestors as the latter were trying to break the barricade to move ahead. later, they sat on demonstration at the barricade and shouted anti-Government slogans.
Singh said that several memorandums have been given to administrative officers followed by talks with senior government officers in the past but to no avail.
Another protester Arun Pandey warned that they would further intensify their stir if government continues to ignore their demands.