The employees of several government departments Saturday staged a protest against the administration, here at mini-secretariat, seeking immediate airlifting of all government officials who were transported to Kishtwar from snow-bound areas via heli-service for poll duty.
“We were called for poll duties from snow-bound areas.We followed orders and reached Kishtwar via heli-service arranged by thegovernment. Now that polling has ended, the government has left us in thelurch. As the roads to our villages remain blocked due to accumulation of snow,we are stuck here,”a government teacher from snow-bound Marwah, Nasir Hussain,told Greater Kashmir.
The protesters alleged that administration transportednearly 100 employees of various departments from Marwah, Warwan and Dachan forpoll related duties of parliamentary elections to Kishtwar and Inderwalassembly segments.
“All the roads leading to the sub-division remainclosed. While the polling staff was airlifted to district headquarters, theyhave now been left to fend for themselves. How is thus justice?” MusharrafHussain, district general secretary JKRETTF, said, while demanding immediateairlifting of these employees back home, as their absence would severely hamperadministration in their respective area.
He said, “Most of the schools in their areas will remainclosed if the employees are not sent home.”
The protesters raised slogans against administration anddemanded it to airlift them at an earliest. They threatened to boycott electionduties in the future, if their issue is not redressed.