As many as 53 casual employees have been dismissed from theirjobs working under the Office of the CF & Field Director under NamdaphaTiger Reserve (NTR), Miao in Arunachal Pradesh.
An official statement issued by the department stated that atotal of 166 casual employees under various categories were employed under theProject Tiger scheme, National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
The release also stated that the NTCA has not provided anyfund for the payment of wages of the 166 casual employees during the year2018-19. The statement further reads as, "A huge amount of fund is required tomeet the expense of wages of these employees and also a huge amount of unpaidarrear wages is lying outstanding due to not receipt of fund from NTCA."
The department has conducted an assessment following thenon-receipt of fund of performing and non-performing casual employees undervarious ranges and non-performing casual employees have been shortlisted as thedepartment authorities claimed that there is a large number of non-performingcasual employees adding to the burden of this establishment.
The department, therefore, dismissed the job of 53 casualemployees in different categories.
