Secretariat employees go on indefinite strike in Uttarakhand

Secretariat employees today went on an indefinite strike in protest against the state government's decision of increasing the number of working days in a week from five to six and making biometric registration of attendance mandatory.
Around 1200 secretariat employees began their indefinite strike today demanding withdrawal of the decisions and threatened to continue the stir till their demands are conceded.
Questioning the justification of increasing the number of working days from five to six, President of the Secretariat Employees' Association Narendra Prasad Raturi said it was unnecessary as the provision of five working days in a week was made during the tenure of former Chief Minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari.

Employees are doing additional work in lieu of the sixth day of leave in a week, he said.
On biometric registration of attendance being made compulsory for secretariat employees, he said it was discriminatory as it did not apply to high ranking officials.
If the decision is implemented it should be made compulsory right from the Chief Secretary down to the junior- most secretariat employee, he said.