Hyderabad, Sept.14: Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) KT Rama Rao has assured to resolve the problems of Village Revenue Assistants(VRAs) who have been agitating for some time, demanding a better pay scale and job security. Minister KT Rama Rao held talks with the representatives of VRAs’ Joint Action Committee at the Assembly hall even as the House was in session on Tuesday.
The Minister said the State government was ready to discuss all the problems and would try to resolve them as early as possible. He said as the State government is planning to celebrate the National Integration Day celebrations from September 16, the VRAs should call off their agitation and resume their duties. The Minister further said he would hold another meeting with the VRA leaders on September 20 and asked the village revenue assistants to call off their agitation immediately.
Earlier in the day, tension prevailed near Telangana Assembly as the protesting Village Revenue Assistants (VRAs) attempted to lay siege to the Assembly build- ing, however, a large posse of police personnel deployed for the Assembly proceedings thwarted their attempt and took several protestors into preventive custody.