Mumbai: Former employees of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) have announced an indefinite chain hunger strike at Azad Maidan beginning January 27, protesting the continued non-payment
of their retirement dues, including gratuity and other statutory benefits.
According to the agitating employees, a large number of retired BEST workers have been waiting for their dues for over three years, with individual pending amounts running into several lakhs of rupees. The protest has been called after repeated representations and protests failed to yield any concrete assurance on the release of payments.
The hunger strike will be conducted in a chain format, with protesters participating one after another, and is scheduled to begin at 9 am on January 27. The agitation is being organised under the banner of a committee representing retired BEST employees.
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