Govt employees on second phase of mas-CL-strike

Aizawl, Jul 11 (UNI) The government employees here today went on their second phase of mass-casual-leave agitation till July 13.

They would go for another such strike from July 17 to 20 if their demands were not fulfiled.

Sources said the agitating employees, which comprise of all non-technical staff, had a meeting with leaders of the Mizoram Engineers Service Association yesterday but the outcome was not yet known.

The strikers had been demanding for pay parity with that of the engineers, whose pay scale was hiked recently as per Supreme Court's direction, sources said.

Apart from government offices, all government schools remained closed.

Meanwhile, public outcry is mounting against the continuous agitations of the government employees, who were enjoying high salaries and eating up about 70 per cent of the state's budget.

Howver, People's Right to Information and Development Implementing Society along with Zoram Kuthnathawktu Pawl (farmers' assoiation) and Mizoram Cultivators have condemned the agitation.

The Zoramthanga Cabinet is still tightlipped over the issue.

UNI