Assam 108 Ambulance Protest Reaches Day 16 With EMRI Setting Dec. 22 Return Deadline

Overview

• The sit-in at Guwahati's Chachal protest ground completed 16 days on December 16, according to the employee association.
• The protesting cohort comprises ambulance drivers, technicians and emergency response officers from the 108 service.
• Association office-bearers said they will continue the agitation until the Assam government takes steps to regularize their jobs.
• EMRI Green Health Services set December 22 as the deadline to resume duty and warned of further action, including termination, with full and final dues on separation.
• EMRI stated that around 850 employees have already been terminated across the state for remaining absent during the protest, and protesters earlier observed Swahid Diwas with mourning rituals.