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Police foil employees' march in Srinagar, scores detained
Wednesday May 09, 2012 05:22:05 PM,
IANS
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Employees' strike affects schools, offices
in Kashmir
Jammu and
Kashmir government employees across Kashmir Valley began a two-day
strike Tuesday to press the state government for the
implementation of their demands.
Except for the civil secretariat in Srinagar where work remained
unaffected, almost all other government
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Srinagar: Police foiled
a march by employees in Srinagar even as work in government
offices remained paralyzed across the state Wednesday for the
second successive day.
Over 4.5 lakh employees of the Jammu and Kashmir government went
on a two-day strike Tuesday to press their demands, including
enhancement in the retirement age from 58 to 60.
Thousands of employees took out marches from different points of
uptown city Wednesday afternoon to 'gherao' the civil secretariat,
the seat of power. However, it was foiled by strong contingents of
police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
troopers deployed around the secretariat building.
The security forces resorted to repeated baton charges and used
coloured water cannons to disperse the employees who continued to
re-group.
Scores of employees were arrested after being drenched in the
violet-coloured water.
The state government is yet to take a decision on the demands even
as a committee headed by the state chief secretary submitted its
report to the cabinet sub-committee last month for consideration
of the demands.
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