Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 10: The unemployed dental surgeons today took out a candle march in protest against the Government for not conceding their demands.
A score of unemployed dental surgeons assembled this evening at Bahu Plaza, from where they took out a candle march towards BJP office in Trikuta Nagar area. They were raising slogans against the Government for not redressing their demands.
On reaching outside BJP office, they staged a peaceful protest demanding complete absorption of unemployed dental youth, recruitment of dental surgeons on year basis and establishment of Directorate for Dental Health in the UT.
The protesting youth said that their employment woes have not been addressed since 2008 when Government last officially advertised posts for inducement of dental surgeons in Health Department. “Since then thousands of dental surgeons are hopeless and jobless. The reason for this unemployment clearly follows a mismatch between supply and demand in health sector,” they added.
The unemployed dental surgeons said that they gave representation to the authorities time to time but nothing has been done till date for their welfare. “Two years back with the help of Governor Satyapal Malik and his Advisor Vijay Kumar, we were finally able to put our demands rightly and officers were told to work on creating new posts for dental surgeons in the State but that file is gathering dust in Finance department for last three years,” they added.
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