PANAJI
A delgation led by Congress leader Amit Patkar on Tuesday held a protest outside the Electricity department demanding the regularisation of service of meter readers who have been working on contract for nearly 12 years. Police prevented the Congress delegation from entering the building, prompting Patkar to question the move. "When the issue concerns Goans who have served the department for over a decade, we are stopped. Otherwise, the media is invited to every government event," he said. However, later superintended Engineer Mayur Hede met the delegation. During the meeting, he informed that the government has already initiated the process of regularising contractual employees across departments who have completed more than 10 years of service.
