Hyderabad, Aug. 19 -- The Telangana Tourism Development Corporation Contract and Outsourcing Employees' union (AITUC) has urged the government to immediately resolve the long-pending issues of employees who have been working on contract and outsourcing basis for nearly 23 years.

A delegation led by union honorary president and senior CPI leader Chada Venkat Reddy and general secretary Sabbu Rajamouli met Tourism Minister Jupally Krishna Rao at Ravindra Bharati on Wednesday and submitted a memorandum seeking action on their demands.

The union demanded regularisation of long-serving contract employees, extension of the 61-year retirement age applicable to permanent employees, salary hikes for agency, daily-wage and Tourism Plaza staff, and ...