Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Revival of Health Department Sub-Committee



A meeting  of the employees working in the Department of Health Services, Andaman and Nicobar Islands  was  held  at Port Blair today (5th November, 2016)  in which it was unanimously   decided to revive the  Health Department Sub-Committee of  the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association.  The meeting discussed various issues pertaining to the employees of Health Department especially ANMs, LHVs and MHWs, etc.  which include  (1)  filling up of vacant posts (2) amendment  of  Recruitment Rules of ANMs (3) Delay in providing timely promotion (4) providing residential accommodation  near  the Sub- Centres for the  staff, etc.   The meeting elected Smt Maimuna Begum, Smt Reba Rani Sarkar and Smt Maimuna Bibi  as  Vice President, Secretary and  Treasurer  respectively of the  Health Department Sub-Committee of the Association.  
Addressing the meeting, Shri P. Sathyapal, President of the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association exhorted the employees to bring  larger  unity  among the employees  to  achieve their  demands.   Speaking on the occasion, Shri TS Sreekumar, General Secretary  informed the  gathering  about  the ongoing struggles  of  central government employees  at the National  as well as  local  level  to  achieve  various  demands  related to  7th Central Pay Commission like increase in the minimum pay, fitment formula,  Allowances, etc. and other long pending issues.   Shri R. Rajendran, Asst. General Secretary also spoke.  A large number of employees of the Health Department posted at Port Blair and South Andaman area attended the meeting. 

General Secretary takes up the issue of shortage of LPG in various parts of islands

To

The Secretary-cum- Director (CS & CA),
A & N Administration,
Port Blair.

Sub: Shortage of LPG various parts of the Islands –Regarding

Sir,

              I am to invite your kind attention to the acute scarcity of LPG cylinders in various parts of the Islands. This is happening only because of mis-management in distribution as per the schedules. The severe shortage of Gas cylinders affected common man very badly in many parts of the Islands such as Port Blair, Mayabunder, Rangat, Billy Ground etc. The worst affected area is Mayabunder, the head quarter of North & Middle Andaman. Chaotic situation is recurring at Mayabunder whenever LPG truck reaches once in a blue moon. News paper reports and also requests from various corners to district authorities for intervention on the issue have not yielded any improvement in the situation.

           Also in Port Blair the situation is not different. Distribution of refilled LPG Cylinders is quite irregular in many wards at Port Blair Municipal area. The distribution agency is taking 45 days or more for supply of refilled cylinders. As a result general public are forced to collect cylinders from the Gas godown at Brookshabad wasting time and money for transportation of Gas cylinders. Even in this digital era, serpentine queue of hundreds of people braving sun and rain is a common sight at Brookshabad gas godown.

          The main agency for gas distribution, the Consumer Cooperative Society Ltd, once again totally failed in regular supply of LPG cylinders due to reasons only known to them. Government employees are the worst affected group, due to the LPG scarcity, as they are unable collect cylinders from faraway places/gowdowns etc.

          Time and again it is noticed that schedules for supply of cylinders are being made, only to not follow the same. I would, therefore, request your goodself to kindly look in to the matter personally considering its gravity and order immediate and effective measures to mitigate the hardship of General Public and Government employees, by ensuring regular supply of LPG Cylinders.

         Action taken in the matter may kindly be intimated to this Association.


                                                                                    Yours faithfully,


                                                                                    ( T S Sreekumar )
                                                                                    General Secretary

Evening Mass Dharna in support of call by Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers, New Delhi






The Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association, A & N Islands today (07.11.2016) organised an Evening Mass Dharna at Tiranga Park, Port Blair as part of 2nd phase of  nationwide agitation programme called by   Confederation of Central Govt.  Employees & Workers, New Delhi. The Association organised the programme against non-implementation of the assurances given by Group of Ministers to NJCA on 30th June, 2016 regarding increase in minimum wages and fitment factor, retaining various allowances etc. of govt. employees. Speaking on the occasion, General Secretary of the Association, Shri T.S.Sreekumar highlighted the demands put before the government by the NJCA and demanded for immediate impemention of the assurance given by the Group of Ministers on 30th June, 2016 regarding the revision Minimum Wage and Fitment formula. Earlier, inaugurating the Dharna, Shri B.Chandrachoodan, General Secretary, CITU expressed concern over the negative attitude of the government in accepting the genuine demands of the government servants. He asked the administration to implement in true spirit the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in regard to the grant of “Equal Pay for Equal Work” to all the Casual and Daily Rated employees working in various departments. Shri S.L.Vinjit, Secretary, South Andaman Teachers’ Branch also spoke on the occasion. A large number of employees including women employees participated in the programme. Shri D.S.Clement Stephen, Finance Secretary of the Association expressed vote of thanks. Similar programmes were also organised at outstations including Diglipur and Billyground. In Diglipur, hundreds of employees participated in a Massive Demonstration organised in front of AC’s Office, Diglipur. Shri Gopal Chandra Dey, Shri Madan and Shri S.Arumugam spoke on the occasion. A mass demonstration was organised at Billyground where Shri Satyaban Gain, Shri S.Bawali, Shri S.R.Mirdha and Shri Prosenjit Roy addressed the gathering.