COVID 19: UP Govt Issues Order For the Release Of Salaries Of Ambulance Services

  • UP govt-issued orders for the immediate release of the salary of staff operating 102 and 108 ambulance services. 
  • The ambulance staff in Lucknow, Unnao, Jhansi, Pratapgarh, Ayodhya and other districts had been staging protests.
  • The protests have been staged to draw the attention of govt to non-payment of their salaries for the last 3 months and lack of coronavirus protection gear. 
  • "The CM has issued specific instructions to release the salary of staff operating 102 and 108 services in state", said principal secretary health and family welfare Amit Mohan Prasad.
  • Though the ambulance services are operated by GVK EMRI, the workers raised their voices under the aegis of UP ambulance worker's association.
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