HYDERABAD: Nearly 30 railway station masters, affiliated to the All India Station Masters’ Association, went on a hunger strike in front of Rail Nilayam in Secunderabad on Thursday.
Pressing for a charter of demands, including promotional opportunities, the protesting employees said that the night duty allowance that was being given to all Station Masters (SM) has been stopped in the last few months. Seniors are now losing around Rs 200 to Rs 250 night duty allowance.
“We demand that the sealing of the allowance and the orders to recover the night duty allowance be withdrawn,” said Madan Kumar Shah, station master, Secunderabad Railway station.
Since Station Masters have very limited promotional opportunities, they were given modified acquired career promotions on completion of 10 years' service with an increment. However, this practice has not been implemented for the last two years, the protesters said.