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INDIA POSTAL EXTRA DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEES UNION
(Central
Head Quarter)
First
Floor, Post Office Building, Padamnagar, Delhi 110007
President: D.N.Giri
General
Secretary: S.S.
Mahadevaiah
GDS/CHQ/2/14/2013 Dated: 08-07-2013
To
Shri Kapil Sibal Jee,
Hon’ble Minister for Communications & IT
Government of India, 6 CGO Complex
Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110001
Respected Sir,
Sub.: Grant of advance to House Building for Gramin Dak Sevaks who lost their houses due to Natural Calamities like
tsunami super cyclone and Earthquakes in Uttarkhand - regarding.
A kind reference is invited to this union's letter of even no. dated
28/06/13, 1-7-2013, and 4/07/2013, in
which it was brought to your kind notice that the
grant
of House Building advance to those Gramin Dak Sevaks who lost their houses due
to Natural Calamities like tsunami, super cyclone and
Earthquakes in Uttarakhand. The affected Gramin Dak Sevaks who are working
rural and remote area are very Poorer, Exploited
and downtrodden section employees in Department of Posts,
Gramin
Dak Sevaks in this conditions when Natural Calamities take Department cannot
denied or ignore the possible helps from department to their
Employees.
The following necessary stops to be taken.
As per our assessment nearly, the
houses of 50 Gramin Dak Sevaks employees have been collapsed in floods in
Chameli, Tehri Garwal, Uttarkasi, Pithorgarh Divisions. One GDS Employee in
Nainital Divison died in this calamity.
You are, therefore, requested kindly to view the situation in the flood
affected areas as that of human tragedy and natural calamity and take immediate
measures to rush the following reliefs to the Postal employees - departmental
and GDS employees as;-
(i) Supply
of food, clothing; fuel, lighting materials like Kerosene and Kerosene lamp,
candles and matchboxes; and medicines keeping view the present situation and
the one that is likely to follow in all probability.
(ii) Arrange
sufficient relief from welfare fund commensurate with the severity of
conditions three months advances pay (TRCA).
(iii) Grant
of house building advances rupees five Lakh to each GDS Employees who lose the
house/flood advance, to the GDS Postal employees so that they may repair
reconstruct the damage done to their property.
(iv) Granting additional insurance cover to the
employees those who are working in risky areas at high altitudes.
(v) Granting hard duty allowance/Risk allowance for the
specially identified in dangerous areas.
We
shall be thankful for an early action and a word in reply.
With profound regards,
Yours faithfully,
S.S.
Mahadevaiah
General Secretary