Police foil SBM employees protest

Detain scores of its members

5 Dariya News

Srinagar 28-Mar-2017

Police on Tuesday used water cannons and batons to disperse the Saakshar Bharat Mission (SBM) employees after tried to march towards Minister for Education, Syed Altaf Bukhari’s residence.Chanting anti-government slogans, the protesting SBM employees assembled at Polo Ground here and were demanding regularization of their dutiesThe SBM employees later tried to march towards Altaf Bukhari’s residence.However, Police used water cannons and batons to stop the protesters from marching towards Education Minister’s residence and detained scores of its members.According to the protesting employees, scores of their members sustained injuries during the police action.Earlier, the SBM employees told KNS that the government has failed to regularize their duties from past 10 years. “We are serving the department from past ten years but unfortunately the government has failed to fulfill their promises done with the employees. Even a single employee has not been regularized from past several years, which is totally injustice with us,” the employees said.They said that all the promises done with them have proved hoax on the ground. “The monthly salaries we are getting is insufficient and the government is ignoring the plights of the employees. We must be regularized so that our families could feel a sigh of relief,” they demanded.They later appealed Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti and the concerned Minister to look into the matter and redress their genuine grievances at earliest.Meanwhile, as soon as the protesters tried to march towards Altaf Bukhari’s residence, police used batons and water cannons to disperse them.However, scores of SBM employees were also detained by the police. (KNS)