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| Agitating NHM employees held protest march in support of demands | | |  Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Feb 2: National Health Mission Employees on it,s 20th day continues state vide pendown strike today held a Protest march from District Hospital Kishtwar to old D.C office complex to agitate in favour of their long pending demands.
The large number of NHM employees under the banner of All J&K NHM Employees Association, Jammu Division participated in the protest.
While demanding regularization of their services, they threatened to boycott the upcoming pulse polio immunization campaign, which is scheduled to start from February 3.
Amidst the cold wave, the NHM employees gathered outside District Hospital, Kishtwar, and staged a protest demonstration by raising slogans against the government.
Speaking on this occasion, the protesters said, that "The aim of today's protest and strike is to inform the state government as well as the concerned authorities about our genuine grievances. Our demands have not been looked into till now and we have been forced to resort to protests and strikes."
They added, "We won't to give up till our services are regularized."
The main demands which were highlighted during the protest included immediate regularization of NHM employees, implementation of equal pay for equal work, maternity leave for female staff with salary and implementation of SRO 225.
The protesters urged the Governor to immediately look into the issue and frame a draft policy for their regularization.
"For the last 20 days, we are on a strike. We understand that it is affecting the healthcare system across the state, but the government seems unmoved," they said.
Expressing resentment, they alleged that the state government has failed to fulfill the promises made to them last year and reiterated and affirm it's stand to continue their agitation till their demands will not be addressed. |
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