India, April 29 -- At least 2,200 contractual and ad-hoc employees of the Haryana directorate of fire and emergency services continued their protest on Tuesday, with no fresh negotiations held after initial talks since the agitation began on April 8, officials said.

Directorate officials said three rounds of talks were held at the start of the protest, but no discussions have taken place since. A senior fire official said chief minister Nayab Singh Saini had announced Rs.30 lakh compensation each for the families of two firefighters who died in an industrial fire in Faridabad in February.

To be sure, fire and emergency services personnel are demanding Rs.1 crore compensation and a government job for families of deceased firefighters, al...