The All Nagaland ANM under CSS has stated its disappointment over the non-payment of salaries to employees in Zunheboto district from March to July 2023. In a press release, the association of Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife under Centrally Sponsored Scheme mentioned that it had earlier suspended its agitation over the same issue after the Department of Health and Family Welfare released salaries for the employees.

The Association had served the department with an ultimatum in June 2023 on this matter. At the time when the agitation was announced, it was informed that the Zunheboto district ANMs had not received their wages since January 2023, while the employees from other districts had not been paid since March 2023.

Download Nagaland Tribune app on Google Play

The Co-ordinators of All Nagaland ANM under CSS also mentioned the salaries had been credited to employees in all districts except for those in Zunheboto district. “The association laments the lackadaisical attitude of the concerned authority and make it clear that the members of the association should not be made to suffer without salaries for month”, it stated.

The association that there had been no formal response from the concern authorities in this regard and affirmed that it will get to the bottom of the issue.