Members of the Uttrakhand Public Works Department Computer Operators’ Union continued their indefinite strike on its seventeenth day in the premises of the Uttarakhand Public Works Department in support of their two-point long pending demands.
Protesting under the banner of Uttranchal (Parvatiya) Karmachari Shikshak Sangathan, they complaint of being ignored continuously by the State Government.
Protestors gathered at the PWD premises and raised slogans against the Chief Executive officer of PWD here on Saturday.
General Secretary of the UPWDCOU, Abhash Singh said that their demands include computer operators, who have been working in the department for more than 10 years should be incorporated in the post of junior assistant sub-data entry operator and their allowances should be increased upto at least `15, 000 per month.
However, the spokesperson revealed that Government is continuously neglecting their demands. They also threatened to intensify their strike if their demands are not met with.
Among those present on the occasion were Dham Singh Rawat, Sanjay Singh Gusain, Vikram Singh Pawar Sunil Singh and many others.