Two years of Congress sees employee unrest, governance breakdown in Telangana

Protests inside the Telangana Secretariat have intensified as employees, contract workers and retired staff continue to demand pending dues, regularisation and promised benefits. With growing dissatisfaction among officials and workers, the tensions highlight a governance system struggling to address core issues

Hyderabad: Telangana is perhaps the only State where the Secretariat, not outside its perimeter but within the very walls of the administrative nerve centre, has turned into a frequent venue for protests by government employees, home guards, Anganwadi teachers, retired staff, RTC personnel and sanitation workers, apart from contractors.

Over the last two years, employees have been pressing for pending Dearness Allowances and implementation of Pay Revision Commission recommendati