On the 31st of this month, the wheels of the train can stop across the country. Actually, all the station masters of the railways have decided to go on mass leave on May 31.
These station masters want the vacant posts in their cadre to be filled up at the earliest. The current situation is that station masters have to do 12 hours of duty instead of 8 hours a day.
If the government (Railway Ministry) does not take any measures in time, then on the 31st of this month, the wheels of trains across the country may come to a halt. The reason for this is that all the Station Masters of Indian Railways have to go on Mass Leave.
Yes, you are reading right. Due to the apathy of the Railways, about 35,000 station masters across the country have served a notice to the Railway Board. In this, it has been said to go on strike (mass holiday) on May 31.
Why is station master going on mass leave
Dhananjay Chandratre , president of All India Station Masters AssociationThey say that now they have no choice but to go on Mass Leave of Railway Station Master. At present, there is a shortage of more than 6,000 station masters across the country.
And Railway Administration is not recruiting on this post. Because of this, at present only two station masters are posted at more than half the stations of the country. Although the shift of station masters is of eight hours, but due to shortage of staff, they have to do shifts of 12 hours every day.
On the day when a station master has a weekly off, the employee has to be called from another station on that day. In such a situation, if the health of any staff deteriorates or if there is an emergency in their house, then there is an outcry.
The decision has not been taken suddenly
He says that this decision of the Station Master’s Association is not a sudden decision. This decision has been taken after a long struggle. That too then While the railway administration did not accept their demands.
In the first phase, AISMA officials protested by sending e-mails to Railway Board officials to get their demands convinced. In the second phase, station masters from all over the country protested by lighting candles at the station in night duty shift on 15 October 2020. The third phase of protests lasted for a week from 20 October to 26 October 2020. During that time the station masters operated the trains by wearing black badges.
In the fourth phase, all the station masters went on a one-day hunger strike on 31 October 2020. The fifth stage was performed in front of every divisional head quarter. In the sixth phase, a memorandum was submitted to the public representatives of all the parliamentary constituencies and a memorandum was submitted to the Railway Minister.
In the seventh phase, he met the Minister of State for Railways and apprised him of the problems. Despite this, all the demands of the station masters are still pending. He met the Minister of State and apprised him of the problems.
Despite this, all the demands of the station masters are still pending. He met the Minister of State and apprised him of the problems. Despite this, all the demands of the station masters are still pending.
What is the demand of station masters
Dhananjay says that the list of demands of station masters has been sent to the CEO of Railway Board. These demands include..
1- Speedy filling of all vacancies in Railways.
2. Restoration of Night Duty Allowance to all Railway employees without any ceiling.
3- To provide the benefit of MACP in the cadre of Station Masters with effect from 01.01.2016 instead of 16.02.2018.
4. Reorganization of cadres with revised designations.
Providing security and stress allowance to Station Masters for their contribution towards safe and timely running of trains.
6- Stop privatization and corporatization of railways.
7- Implementation of old pension scheme by closing the new pension scheme.
