AGARTALA, Sep 5 (TIWN): Tripura Govt regularized the Forest Dept employees on Tuesday.

Total 636 employees have been regularized. On Tuesday after the cabinet meeting Bhanulal Saha told media about all the casual staffs regularization. The decision was taken after the employees sat in ‘Hunger Strike till Death’ in the morning demanding for regularization.

Earlier, Manik Sarkar who had made the Forest Dept contractual employees happy on May-31st saying that they will be regularized. The employees who were denied by Forest & Finance Minister for meeting was very happy when atlast the Chief Minister talked to them and said, "I will open your files". After CM's promise the irregular forest dept employees wanted to meet the Finance Minister but his PA didn't allow to meet them. But suddenly it has been leaked that 148 employees have been regularized by Forest Dept whereas others have not. The deprived irregular employees thus have demanded to go for hunger strike that can be extended with 'Hunger Strike till Death'.

There were total 363 irregular employees in Forest Dept are working since 15 years, but the state govt has regularized them on Tuesday after facing much protests from the employees.