The agitated contractual workers of the National Health Mission (NHM) organised a dharna at the State health directorate in support of their various demands on Monday. Adopting a different from of registering protest a delegation of the workers led by the State President, Sanjay Chauhan met the Mission Director NHM, Niraj Khairwal and presented him a floral bouquet.
Demanding job regularisation more than 2000 NHM workers of the State are on strike since August 05. The State President of the association of NHM workers Sanjay Chauhan said that on October 17 last year the Mission Director NHM and the Director General (DG) of State health services had issued a written assurance to the association that allNHM workers would be regularised.
He said that even after nine months of the assurance the department is yet to issue a Government Order (GO) for the same. Chauhan said that the State Chief Minister and Health Ministers have made public declaration during the felicitation ceremony organised by the association on May 22 this year that the workers would soon be regularised.
Apart from job regularisation the members also demand a proper insurance cover and implementation of Human Resource policy for them. The association also wants removal of pay disparity and timely increments.
These contractual workers employed under NHM are working in different projects, State health directorate, CMO offices, district hospitals and Community Health Centers.