Despite the order of previous Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna to Principal Secretary, Health for taking immediate steps to meet the demand of the contractual Malaria Protection Workers for regularisation of MPWs who have completed five years on contract, the State Government has done nothing yet on this issue.
Though CM Harish Rawat is reported to have given his consent to the demands of the workers, the MPW issue has not been tabled in the cabinet meeting. The MPW had submitted their memorandum through cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat and Mahila Congress State chairperson Sarojini Kaintura to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi during his recent visit to Dehradun.
Under the National Rural Health Mission, 212 Malaria Protection worker are working in the Uttarakhand State, out of which 162 MPW have completed five years in service. In Uttarakhand 855 posts of MPW are lying vacant in primary health centres, additional primary health centres and community health centres. Malaria Protection Worker Association Ayush Wing has demanded that contractual MPWs who have completed five years in service should be regularised after appointment to vacant posts in the department.