Call off strike in view of cyclone threat, Dr. JP appeals to essential service staff

LokSatta Party national President Dr.Jayaprakash Narayan today appealed to Government employees in medical, public health and other essential services in Seemandhra region to emulate their counterparts in electricity utilities and call off their strike in view of the grave threat posed by cyclone Phailin.

In a media statement, Dr. JP said that Andhra Pradesh NGOs have succeeded in drawing attention of all including those in Delhi to their fears and anxieties over the proposed State bifurcation through varied actions spread over more than two months.

Dr. JP asked them to end their strike considering the untold hardships people have been going through because of the breakdown of sanitary conditions and outbreak of infectious diseases and the impending natural calamity and the festive season.