AGARTALA, June 22 (TIWN): In the middle of heavy unemployment tension, the yearly recruitment of staff-nurses is getting delayed for the year pressuring more upon the unemployment rate in the state. Before 9 days unemployed nursing passed out boys had met Tripura Health Minister Badal Choudhury with the same issue delaying of yearly recruitment process for the year 2017, but as the Health Minister couldn't give any proper statement to the. Thus after 9 days the girls who passed out in nursing met the Health Minister but again he dies to put any comment on it. Gathering infront of Health Minister Badal Choudhury's residence in the morning the unemployed youths alleged that every year in June-July session an interview call is conducted but this year the Govt yet to release advertisement for fresh interview. Already there are huge number of unemployed youths passed out nursing degrees and a year of 'no-recruitment' will double the unemployment rate further. The youths also said if the recruitment process is not started soon, then there will be massive protests in coming days. However with all these resentment has brewed among the unemployed youths in Tripura.

However, Badal Choudhury's Dept is alleged for delaying recruitment for the whole year as the Homeopathic doctors posts are left vacant since 17 years. Recently, in this regard the unemployed doctors placed deputation to Badal Choudhury on May 26.

Moreover, in the month of May against the recruitment of pharmacists in the health dept in 2015, a case has been filed by unemployed deprived youths in Tripura. Total 12 youths have filed the petitioner claiming the jobs are bogus and given without following the guidelines. On the other side, recently few job offers have been released for lab technician, blood bank worker, radiologist and pharmacist. The offers were released in the last week for 43 posts, but neither seniority nor SC/ ST criteria was maintained while recruiting them.

Meeting the Health Minister on Thursday the nursing passed out students requested for fresh advertisement publication.