It is not only the salary payments that have been affected due to the non-release of grants but also the medical billS, retirement benefits, and other development expenses are also pending in these colleges, the DTA president said.
Delhi Teachers' body urges CM to immediately release grants to 12 government-funded DU Colleges
The teachers' wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Delhi Teachers' Association (DTA), has requested the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to immediately release the grants of the 12 Delhi University (DU) colleges that are funded by the city government. While speaking on the same, DTA president Hansraj Suman informed that "a delegation of teachers from the 12 colleges met him and said thousands of academic and non-teaching staff are not getting their salaries on time and thus, facing a financial crisis."
"The teachers in some colleges have not received their salaries for two months. The teachers have told Suman that months have passed since they were promoted and they have not been paid arrears to date. Similarly, their medical bills have not been cleared," the statement read.
Suman further stated that it is not only the salary payments that have been affected due to the non-release of grants but also the medical bill , retirement benefits and other development expenses are also pending in these colleges. He also demanded from the AAP government that the arrears for the promotion of the teachers should also be released soon.
"The DTA has urged the chief minister and the deputy chief minister to help the 12 fully-funded colleges by the Delhi government without any further delay in releasing the funds so that the salaries and other dues are paid to the teachers and staff in this extremely difficult and stressful time," the statement read, as reported by NDTV.
The teaching and non-teaching staff of the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College (DDUC) staged a sit-in protest last week against the non-payment of salaries "for the past two months".
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