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Village Revenue Assistants (VRAs), nether the aegis of VRA Sangham, staged a protestation astatine the Mahatma Gandhi statue adjacent the GVMC gathering connected Friday, seeking a solution to their demands. Later, they submitted a memorandum to Collector M.N. Harendhira Prasad.
Addressing the protesters, Sangham honorary president P. Venkata Rao (CITU) demanded that the confederation authorities instrumentality wage scales and summation the salaries of 19,000 VRAs successful the State.
Telangana is implementing wage scales for VRAs, but unfortunately, the aforesaid was not being implemented successful Andhra Pradesh, helium said and demanded that eligible VRAs beryllium promoted arsenic Village Revenue Officers (VROs) successful Visakhapatnam district.
The vacant posts of attender and nighttime watchman should beryllium filled. The seniority database of VRAs, eligible for promotion, should besides beryllium declared, helium said.
Mr. Venkata Rao deplored the deployment of VRAs to far-flung places, without outgo of TA and DA, successful the sanction of ‘resurvey’ work. “The agitation volition beryllium intensified if the problems of the VRAs are not settled,” helium said.
VRA Sangham territory president Alamanda Satyam, D. Muthyalu from Anandapurm mandal, P. Yella Rao from Pendurthi mandal, and representatives from Visakhapatnam Urban, Gajuwaka and Peda Gantyada mandals participated successful the protest.
