People visiting the Regional Transport Office (RTO) of Dehradun faced problems on Thursday as the office was shut down by the agitating employees. The work in other offices of the transport department in the state was also hindered by the agitation. The ministerial employees of the transport department forced the closure of the office. These employees are agitated over alleged anomalies in recent transfers of the employees.
The decision to close the busy office was taken in an impromptu meeting of the Uttarakhand Transport Ministerial Employees Association on Wednesdayfollowing which all the ministerial employees boycotted the work. The work boycott brought the work of the RTO office in state capital to a grinding halt causing problems to the large number of visitors. later in the day a delegation of the association met the Additional Transport Commissioner Sushma Singh in which the association was assured that its demands would be looked into. On Friday Transport Commissioner, C S Napalchiyal would also hold talks with the agitating ministerial employees.
The district President of the association, Y S Bisht told The Pioneer that the department has recently transferred 81 employees in which transfers of state President, general secretary and some district Presidents were also done. He said that these transfers are against the department manual 2008 which prohibits transfers of top office bearers of the association. In the transfer list the names of state President Sushma Chaudhary and state general secretary S l Pandey also figures. He said that the agitation would continue till these transfers are not revoked.