PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun
Sanitation workers engaged through Uttarakhand Purva Sainik Kalyan Nigam Limited (UPNL) continued their work boycott on Monday at the Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) Hospital, demanding equal pay for equal work.
The workers began boycotting work and agitating on the hospital premises on October 31, and Monday marked the third day of their agitation. UPNL Safai Karamchari Sangh general secretary at GDMC hospital Vishnu Prasad informed that they had staged a protest and partially boycotted work seeking equal pay for equal work a few days ago. At that time, the principal of the hospital gave assurance and asked for 10 days. However, many days have passed, but still no action has been taken.
He said that except them all other employees under UPNL at the hospital have been receiving equal pay for equal work, why they have not been receiving. Currently they are getting about Rs 16,000 for their work which is unable to run their houses. Regarding this, they have commenced a protest and boycotted work.
He said they do sanitation work at IPD, ICUs and burn units of the hospital. Currently they have boycotted sanitation work at IPD and on the insistence of authorities concerned few workers are doing sanitation work at sensitive areas of hospital like ICU and burn unit.
Prasad further added that if written assurance or action on their demand is not taken, they will continue boycotting work and they will also boycott sanitation work at sensitive areas too.
Prasad informed that around 105 UPNL sanitation workers are boycotting work within the hospital premises.BOX
Govt forms committee to resolve UPNL sanitation workers issue at GDMC Hospital
DEHRADUN: In view of the ongoing boycott and agitation by UPNL sanitation workers at Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, the State government has constituted a committee to resolve the matter. The order in this regard has been issued by Medical Health and Medical Education department secretary Vinay Shankar Pandey.
As per the order, the committee has been formed to examine and dispose of the demands of cleaning staff engaged through tender approved in favour of UPNL at the GDMC Hospital. The committee will look into demands related to salary, allowances and other problems.
In the order it was stated that , the six-member committee includes additional secretary, Medical Health and Medical Education department, Rohit Meena as chairman, director, Medical Education department, Dehradun as Member, principal, GDMC Dehradun as member secretary, managing director of Uttarakhand Purva Sainik Kalyan Nigam, Dehradun or his nominated representative as Member, finance controller of Medical Education Directorate, Dehradun as Member and finance controller of GDMC Dehradun as Member.
The order further stated that the said committee will ensure early disposal of the demands of the concerned workers and make its report available to the Government.
