The contract of GVK EMRI Company to operate 108 emergency ambulance in U’khand is ending on April 30 due to which an uncertain future looms over the heads of more than 850 employees

The association of field workers of the 108 ambulance service has threatened to launch an agitation if their services are not transferred to the new operating agency of the ambulance service. These employees are demanding that their salaries and place of posting should remain unchanged in the new company.  On Friday these workers under the aegis of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) held a press conference in which they threatened that if their services are not transferred to the new operating agency of the 108 ambulance service by April 23, 2019 then they would start their agitation and on April 24 they would organise a march to the state secretariat.

The general secretary of the association, Vipin Jamloki said that the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat should intervene in the matter so that the jobs of the experienced field workers of the ambulance service are saved.

It is worth mentioning here that the contract of GVK EMRI Company to operate 108 emergency ambulance service is ending on April 30 due to which an uncertain future looms over the head of more than 850 employees.

 The state government had recently handed over the task of operating the 108 ambulance service to Community Action and Motivation Programme (CAMP) after it quoted cheapest rate in the tender process. As the term of its contract is ending on April 30, the GVK- EMRI management has issued letters to the all its employees in which it is mentioned that April 30 would be their last day in service. The 108 ambulance service has more than 850 employees which include, drivers, technicians and workers of its call centres.

It is learnt that the new operator CAMP is willing to appoint experienced staff of the GVK EMRI but is reportedly not ready to pay them the salary they were receiving.  Most of these workers are working from last seven to eight years and are getting salaries in the range of Rs 15000 to 18000 per month. The new company is said to have offered only Rs 10000 per month to these workers.

Started in the year 2008, the 108  ambulance service is providing emergency care in all parts of the state. The service also caters the important task of transporting pregnant women for safe deliveries in the hospital under Khushiyon Ki Savari. The 108 ambulance service has a fleet 139 ambulances and which includes a boat ambulance which is operational in the Tehri Lake.

Saturday, 20 April 2019 | PNS | Dehradun

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