Move to develop VPAs Golden Jubilee Hospital in PPP mode decried

Water Transport Workers’ Federation all-India normal secretary T. Narendra Rao has opposed the proposal to develop the Golden Jubilee Hospital (GJH) of Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA) within the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.

Addressing the media on Friday, Mr. Narendra Rao stated that the variety of workers was declining within the VPA as a result of retirements, VRS and freezing of latest recruitments. Retired workers are depending on the GJH for his or her healthcare wants. “The personal buyers would deal with the retired workers as second-class residents. It is the accountability of the VPA to run the hospital,” he stated.

He additionally flayed the VPA administration for the delay within the announcement of bonus for the workers, although the Central Cabinet had permitted the cost of 78 days bonus for railways workers.

The identical Cabinet had permitted the revised scheme for port employees in October 2024. He condemned the delay within the announcement of bonus for port employees.

He decried the ‘discrepancy’ within the variety of minimal days of labor being given to cargo dealing with employees within the VPA and different main ports in India. While it was solely 16 days within the VPA, different main ports had been giving minimal assure of 21 days.

CITU leaders K. Satyanarayana, B. Lakshmana Rao and Ganesh had been current on the media convention.