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| Demonstration continues for 17th straight day; VC unmoved | | SSH, SBEU to launch stir in favour of SMVDU employees | | Early Times Report
KATRA, Aug 7: The ongoing protest demonstration of class-IV hired contractual employees of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Kakryal today entered 17th day. The agitating employees raised slogans against the Vice Chancellor and authorities sitting at the helm of affairs of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), who are fuelling the agitation of University employees owing to vested interests.
The hired contractual employees are on agitational path since 13 days. They are demanding adequate compensation to family of their colleague Karnail Singh, who lost his life on campus on July 4. University authorities miserably failed in extending any relief to the family of deceased, who died on duty. There are around 250 class four employees who are working on hire basis under a contractor.
The employees when approached Vice Chancellor, he pleaded that employees working on hire basis were not responsibility of University and they shall go to contractor and seek compensation. On the other hand, contractor initially agreed to pay meager sum of Rs 75 thousand but later he also refused to lend the help. Pertinently, in 2009, another employee namely Sanjay Kumar was also died on campus and his family never got any compensation.
Instead of helping the poor employees, the Vice Chancellor has called in employees of Shrine Board on arrangement basis, which is irking the people who are sitting on dharna for their genuine demands.
There is likelihood that the two groups might clash and the whole responsibility would be of Vice Chancellor and SMVDSB authorities.
Besides, the goons of VC joined the dharna with malicious agenda and raised slogans against local them. The Union condemned the conspiracy of University officials.
The agitating employees are demanding that hiring of staff through contractor must be stopped and University shall engage the staff on direct basis as per the University norms. So far the VC of the University has not initiated talks with the agitating employees to resolve the issues owing to this the anger is brewing among the employees.
Meanwhile, Raj Kumar Bassan, president of SBEU and General Secretary of SSH today made a call to hold dharna in Katra Town on Thursday to highlight the plight of poor employees. He also said to take this struggle to Raj Bhawan and Civil secretariat if the demands are not met at an earliest. |
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