<p>Several striking government employees on Saturday courted arrest as they clashed with police during a protest rally here on the second day of their two-day strike.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Over 300 employees had gathered at MAM Stadium here to take out a rally to Raj Bhawan to protest against the government but were intercepted in between by police at Indira Chowk in view of prohibitory orders imposed around Civil Secretariat.<br /><br />After a brief clash with police, over 50 government employees were detained and later released, most of them leaders of different organisations.<br /><br />Routine work was affected in various government departments as the employees continued their strike for second consecutive day.<br /><br />“There was strike in government offices and work was paralysed but government has turned a deaf ear to our strike. If the government does not implement the agreement, we will intensify our agitation,” Mohammad Gafoor Dar, president Employees Joint Action Committee, said.<br /><br />The striking employees, under the aegis of joint consultative committee, are demanding a policy on regularisation of daily wage earners, besides enhancement of retirement age from 58 to 68 years and removal of pay anomalies in clerical cadre.<br /></p>
<p>Several striking government employees on Saturday courted arrest as they clashed with police during a protest rally here on the second day of their two-day strike.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Over 300 employees had gathered at MAM Stadium here to take out a rally to Raj Bhawan to protest against the government but were intercepted in between by police at Indira Chowk in view of prohibitory orders imposed around Civil Secretariat.<br /><br />After a brief clash with police, over 50 government employees were detained and later released, most of them leaders of different organisations.<br /><br />Routine work was affected in various government departments as the employees continued their strike for second consecutive day.<br /><br />“There was strike in government offices and work was paralysed but government has turned a deaf ear to our strike. If the government does not implement the agreement, we will intensify our agitation,” Mohammad Gafoor Dar, president Employees Joint Action Committee, said.<br /><br />The striking employees, under the aegis of joint consultative committee, are demanding a policy on regularisation of daily wage earners, besides enhancement of retirement age from 58 to 68 years and removal of pay anomalies in clerical cadre.<br /></p>