BARA, OCTOBER 18Employees and teachers padlocked the office of Simraungadh Municipality for the local level's failure to pay their salary today. Ukraine uses US-provided long-range ATACMS missiles against Russian forces for the first time Belgium, France and Portugal become the first teams to qualify for the 2024 European Championship The agitating employees and teachers locked the main gate saying that they had not been paid their dues for a long time.A team of teachers and employees led by Uma Shankar Prasad Yadav, the president of the Municipal Teachers' Association, locked the main gate of the municipality. Yadav said they were forced to padlock the municipality office after their written and verbal requests for payment were not heeded.The employees had previously submitted memorandum to various authorities, including the District Administration Office, Bara, seeking resolution of wage-related issues.Municipality Chief Kishori Sah Kalwar said that internal disputes within Simraungadh Municipality had led to a halt in the functioning of the Municipal Council.Kalwar said that the problem had arisen after the office chief was suspended after the anti-graft body Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority nabbed him three months ago.According to the Municipal Chief Kalwar, lack of financial resources is preventing the payment of unnecessary temporary employees.

He further noted that the municipality was facing financial crisis and that there was no source of revenue to pay the temporary staff.A Municipal Council has called for a meeting on October 20.

"The meeting will give a solution to the prolonged problem," Kalwar said.A version of this article appears in the print on October 19, 2023, of The Himalayan Times .

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