Vendors protest RPF 'harassment'
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
2 Dec, 2006 0114hrs IST
HUBLI: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) stall vendors at Hubli railway station struck work on Thursday and Friday to protest against alleged harassment at the hands of the RPF personnel.
The management of these stalls has recently been handed over by the railways to the newly created IRCTC. The departmental vendors had employed two helpers each who were issued identity cards.
But IRCTC officials said that since the handing-over process was at a transition stage, the RPF personnel were targeting the old helpers and fining them heavily for 'unauthorisedly loitering on the platforms'. They said the restaurant on the main platform and four stalls remained closed in protest on Thursday. The restaurant opened on Friday, but later closed down.
One IRCTC vendor, Fateh Ahmed, who was on catering duty at the South Western Railway general manager's office on Thursday, asked his son Fiyaz to attend to the stall in his absence in the interest of passengers.
He said the RPF recovered a fine Rs 1,000 from Fiyaz as he was unable to produce the IRCTC helper's identity card. Five other helpers were also fined Rs 1,000 each on Thursday. RPF refused to recognise their old identity card.
SWR chief public relations officer B S Dasarathi said the issue has since been sorted out. IRCTC area manager B Ramesh has been authorised to issue temporary identity cards to the helpers so that they can work at the stalls.
HIV patient commits suicide A HIV infected patient, undergoing treatment at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of the hospital building on Thursday. KIMS director M G Hiremath said the patient seemed depressed for the past two days and took the extreme step. He succumbed to the injuries.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
2 Dec, 2006 0114hrs IST
HUBLI: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) stall vendors at Hubli railway station struck work on Thursday and Friday to protest against alleged harassment at the hands of the RPF personnel.
The management of these stalls has recently been handed over by the railways to the newly created IRCTC. The departmental vendors had employed two helpers each who were issued identity cards.
But IRCTC officials said that since the handing-over process was at a transition stage, the RPF personnel were targeting the old helpers and fining them heavily for 'unauthorisedly loitering on the platforms'. They said the restaurant on the main platform and four stalls remained closed in protest on Thursday. The restaurant opened on Friday, but later closed down.
One IRCTC vendor, Fateh Ahmed, who was on catering duty at the South Western Railway general manager's office on Thursday, asked his son Fiyaz to attend to the stall in his absence in the interest of passengers.
He said the RPF recovered a fine Rs 1,000 from Fiyaz as he was unable to produce the IRCTC helper's identity card. Five other helpers were also fined Rs 1,000 each on Thursday. RPF refused to recognise their old identity card.
SWR chief public relations officer B S Dasarathi said the issue has since been sorted out. IRCTC area manager B Ramesh has been authorised to issue temporary identity cards to the helpers so that they can work at the stalls.
HIV patient commits suicide A HIV infected patient, undergoing treatment at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of the hospital building on Thursday. KIMS director M G Hiremath said the patient seemed depressed for the past two days and took the extreme step. He succumbed to the injuries.
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