Srinagar: At least 25 employees of State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) and their kin, protesting delay in release of salary dues, were on Tuesday injured when police fired teargas shells and used water cannons to disperse them.
Thousands of SRTC employees along with their families assembled at Jehangir chowk in the heart of the city to proceed towards the civil secretariat to press the state government for release of their dues but were stopped by the police, officials said.
When the agitated employees tried to break the cordon and proceed, police fired tear smoke shells and used water cannons to chase them. Twenty employees and five of their family members were injured in the clashes which followed between the two sides.
The SRTC employees went on an indefinite strike on August 26 in support of their demands, including the release of pending salaries.
The latest street protest by the employees comes nearly a month after the government assured them that their problems would be redressed and pending salaries released.
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