Retired Female Health Worker in Kanpur Left Without Pension, Protest Planned on April 22
Retired health worker Premlata Tiwari has not received her pension since February, pushing her family to starvation. Pensioners Association will protest on April 22, blaming the Kanpur CMO office for ignoring the UP CM’s e-pension order.
Kanpur: A retired female health worker is on the brink of starvation after not receiving her pension or dues, sparking outrage among pensioners. Under the banner of the Retired Employees and Pensioners Association Kanpur Nagar, a protest and memorandum submission to the District Magistrate is planned for April 22.
The victim, Mrs. Premlata Tiwari, retired on February 28 from the Community Health Center, Bidhnoo, but has not yet received her pension or any retirement-related financial benefits. According to Association President B.L. Gulabiya, the situation has become dire for her family.
He highlighted that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, three years ago on Labour Day, had announced the implementation of the e-Pension Portal. The initiative was meant to ensure that retiring government employees receive their pension and dues on the day of retirement itself. However, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) office in Kanpur has allegedly ignored this directive, leading to financial exploitation and harassment of retired employees, especially women.
Anand Awasthi, General Secretary of the Pension Forum, claimed that officials at the CMO office are deliberately disregarding the CM’s orders, possibly working under political pressure to malign the state government and force pensioners into protest.
Ram Rani Katiyar, president of the Women’s Cell, asserted that women will lead the protest and surround the CMO office, voicing their frustrations strongly.
The protest meeting was attended by several prominent pensioners, including Ashok Kumar Mishra, Ravindra Kumar Madhur, Chandhas Singh Chauhan (Advocate), A.K. Nigam, Subhash Bhatia, R.P. Srivastava (Advocate), Prabhat Mishra, Snehlata Lal, Durga Prasad, B.N. Pal, Mah Mohan Jha, and others.
