Village surveyors threaten to stall resurvey work from January 27

Village surveyors who’re at the moment on resurvey work throughout the State have threatened to stall the work from Tuesday (January 27) if their calls for will not be met by the federal government.

There are 9,500-odd surveyors functioning throughout the State, who discover their work a frightening job resulting from non-provision of devices similar to laptops and rovers, a number of supervisors within the hierarchy, making coordination robust, and extended working hours. Many of them felt fatigued by the “unrealistic deadlines.”

Over 2,000 members of the Village Surveyors Association of Andhra Pradesh (VSAAP) from all of the 28 districts converged at Tirupati for the physique’s fifth State convention performed on Sunday, the place the members decried the step-motherly remedy meted out to the surveyors, in comparison with their counterparts working in different wings of the Gram and Ward Secretariat division.

Demanding pay parity, the surveyors wished a primary pay of ₹32,000 for many who accomplished 5 years of service. As a part of the rationalisation course of, 4,722 village surveyors ought to be absorbed by means of counselling course of into the allied departments, mentioned affiliation president B. Madhu Babu.

While insisting upon making diploma because the minimal qualification, they wished technical pay-scale mounted as they possessed abilities like QGIS, CORS and AutoCAD.

“Recognising our importance, the government should also offer Grade-I promotion up to 70% at the district level,” added common secretary M. Mahesh Naidu.