Govt. employees strike evokes mixed response

By Our Staff Reporter

MADURAI, JAN. 10. The one-day strike call given by the Tamil Nadu Government Employees Association (TNGEA) to protest against the Government's refusal to fill up vacancies in certain services, today evoked mixed response in southern districts of Madurai, Virudhunagar, Theni, Sivagangai and Dindigul.

While the Revenue section in all district collectorates, barring Dindigul, relatively remained unaffected, the impact of the strike was felt in all development sections of the districts.

According to a senior official in Virudhunagar, 10 per cent of employees, mostly from development sections, refrained from the work today. Sivagangai district recorded the lowest with a mere five per cent of employees keeping away from the work, while, the Dindigul district recorded the highest with nearly 65 per cent joining the strike. The strike did not seriously affect the functioning of Government offices in Theni district. According to police sources, nearly 35 to 40 per cent of the employees struck work in Madurai district. The Revenue department recorded the lowest with just 91 out of a total 756 keeping away from the work. Police sources claimed that nearly 800 employees, out of a total 2000, joined the strike in the district.

Work in Tiruchi Collectorate, development departments, district supply office, taluk office, panchayat unions etc., were affected.

According to official sources, the strike did not affect the regular work in Government offices in Tirunelveli district.

Out of 11,000 Government employees working in various departments in Ramanathapuram district, only 24 employees abstained from the work.

Coimbatore:

Work in seven taluk offices was ``severely affected'' and 80 per cent of the Government employees did not turn up for work, according to the Joint Action Committee of All Tamil Nadu Government Employees Unions.

In a statement here, the committee said if their demands were not conceded, the Government employees would proceed on indefinite strike from February 13.

Salem:

The employees, led by Mr. A. V. Selvaraj and Mr. M. Murugesan, president and secretary of the Salem district JAC respectively, staged a demonstration in front of the Collectorate.

The strike hit the functioning of various departments such as revenue, HR & CE, commercial tax, taluk offices and so on. Government employees in Erode district also struck work.

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