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Tuticorin: The general strike called by the Central and State government employees evoked a mixed response in the district on Tuesday. Sources said that while 42 per cent of the Revenue staff abstained from work, only 26 per cent of employees in other State Government departments did not attend the respective offices. About 99 per cent of the employees in the Postal department expressed their solidarity. In other Central Government departments the attendance was around 83 per cent. The employees affiliated to Tamil Nadu Government Employees Association (TNGEA) staged a demonstration in the town as part of the agitation. They urged the authorities concerned to scrap the new pension policy formulated for Government employees who have joined the service after January 1, 2004, which forces the staff to contribute a certain amount towards pension (i.e., contributory pension). They also asked the Government to stop outsourcing of manpower to carry out the departmental works. The right to strike should not be questioned. Steps should be taken to strengthen the Public Distribution System. K.S. Veerabahu and P. Diravium, State president and district president of Tamil Nadu Rural Development Officials Association, respectively, and N Raghavan, district president, TNGEA, among others, addressed the employees. Meanwhile, the telecom employees also staged a demonstration in the town during the lunch break expressing outside support to the strike. Strike fails to make impactIn Tirunelveli, the strike called by the State and Central Government Employees and Teachers’ Associations had no impact in the district, as almost all public sector undertakings, Government offices, schools and colleges functioned as usual. The strike was called in protest against the new pension plan, demanding filling-up of vacancies and implementation of Sixth Pay Commission recommendations from January 1, 2006 Of the 1,082 employees working in the collectorate here, only 130 did not report for duty on Tuesday without informing their higher-ups. All schools and colleges in the district functioned normally. However, business was totally affected at the Income Tax office as all employees participated in the protest. Members of the Joint Action Committee of Central and State Government Employees and Teachers’ Unions staged a demonstration in front of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited General Manager’s Office at Vannarpet on South Bypass Road. In Nagercoil, members of various Government employees associations staged a demonstration in front of Central Government offices in more than five places in different parts of the district on Tuesday urging the Government to find out an early solution to their 12 point-charter of demands. The district secretary of Tamil Nadu Government Employees Association, Pichandi, led the agitation in front of the Head Post Office at Nagercoil.
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