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North Andhra Secretariat Employees Intensify Protest Over Long-Pending Demands
Ward and village secretariat employees held a protest in Visakhapatnam.
They had been demonstrating peacefully for three days.
On the final day, hundreds of workers sat on a road and stopped traffic.
Police arrived and tried to persuade them to move.
The workers want eligible employees to receive permanent status.
They also want fair salaries, promotions, transfers and job security.
Other demands involve probation payments and better welfare benefits.
They said the protest may become stronger if their problems are not solved.
Hundreds of ward and village secretariat employees blocked a road in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.
Employees from six North Andhra districts participated in the three-day protest at the GVMC Gandhi statue.
They demanded regularisation for eligible employees, salary parity, timely promotions and transfers.
Their other demands included probation confirmation, job security, increments and automatic advancement benefits.
Police attempted to clear the road after the blockade disrupted traffic and inconvenienced motorists.
- Who
- Ward and village secretariat employees from six North Andhra districts under zone-I.
- What
- They intensified a three-day protest with a road blockade and demanded action on employment and service-related issues.
- Where
- Near the GVMC Gandhi statue in Visakhapatnam.
- When
- The road blockade took place on Sunday, the final day of the three-day agitation.
- Why
- The employees said their long-pending demands, including regularisation, salary parity, promotions, transfers, probation-related issues and welfare benefits, remained unresolved.
Key facts
- Participants
- Ward and village secretariat employees from six North Andhra districts
- Duration
- Three-day protest programme
- Location
- GVMC Gandhi statue, Visakhapatnam
- Main demands
- Regularisation, salary parity, timely promotions and transfers
- Additional demands
- Probation payments, job security, increments and automatic advancement benefits
- Traffic impact
- The road blockade severely inconvenienced motorists
- Police response
- East ACP Lakshmana Murthy went to the site and tried to persuade protesters to clear the road
Sources
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