Dassehra Gift to Telangana Employees

Hyderabad, Sept 12: Here is a good news for Telangana state government employees. They would get their salary in advance this month in the wake of Batukhamma and Dussehra festivals. The Telangana govt has granted to pay the September salary of its employees one week in advance so that they can meet their Dasara expenses. The employees would get their salaries on September 25.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that Employees normally get their salaries on the first of every month. However, with Dasara falling on the last working day, September 30, it was decided that the salaries would be paid in advance.

The state government took the decision following a request by the employee associations. They requested the government to pay the salary in advance so that they could meet their Dasara expenses.

The associations met Chief Secretary S P Singh and submitted a representation. They said Dasara and Bathukamma are major festivals in the state, which are celebrated simultaneously and employees along with families head for their native villages.

The chief secretary referred the issue to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who approved the payment of salaries by September 25.