Pending Salaries of 4,500 NRHM Employees to Be Released Soon, Says CMO Budaun Sri Mohan jha

RNI Badaun: The ongoing protest by nearly 4,500 National Health Mission (NRHM) contractual employees in the district over delayed salaries is likely to end soon after the state government released a budget of around ₹34 crore to the Badaun Health Department.

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Shrimohan Jha said that continuous correspondence had been made with the government regarding the non-payment of salaries for the past two months. Following repeated communication from the district administration, the government on Wednesday released the required funds to address the salary crisis.

Dr. Jha informed that the pending salaries would soon be credited to the employees’ bank accounts. He also appealed to all staff members to continue their duties without disrupting public healthcare services in the larger public interest.

NRHM contractual employees across the district had been staging a symbolic protest from May 18 to May 20 over unpaid wages. Emergency health services, however, were not affected during the agitation. The protest was held under the support of Devdutt Sharma of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh and in the presence of Contract Employees Association district president Krishna Vallabh Chaturvedi.

Meanwhile, ASHA workers also continued their protest over pending payments under the leadership of ASHA Workers Union leader Jauli Vaishya.

According to official figures, the district currently has 48 contractual doctors, around 400 staff nurses, 500 ANMs, 268 Community Health Officers (CHOs), 250 Sangini supervisors, and nearly 3,000 ASHA workers working under the NRHM framework.