AGARTALA, March 21 (TIWN): Tripura Pump Operator have demanded to be regularized.

In last 2 decades, the pump operators conducted over 31 protests in demand of regularization and increase of salaries.

But even though their salaries were little hiked but it's still Rs. 4000 /- only.

Moreover, the regularization demand was never fulfilled even though many of them have crossed their job periods.

They alleged that  the pump workers they have to work atleast 7 to 8 hours, but they are paid very less.

According the state govt. decision, from 1998 year the part time pump operator section was started from Panchayat Raj . Since 1988 to 1993 year developmental committee had recruited workers who had no permission of the Dept.

But those pump workers out of notice by the dept. in the year 2007-08 were recruited on regular basis.

So demands were raised to regularize the other workers. Along with this, they had more demands including salary hike.