Following the work cease by the employees of the 108 Ambulance services, the districts – Agul, Balangir, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur , Jajpur, Kendrapada, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur and Sundargarh were affected.
Joining the stir, drivers, helpers and technicians have demanded pay hike, timely increment, security and other issues including stopping of illegal retrenchment. Notably, the employees of the 108 Ambulance Services are employed by an agency, the management of the agency has been trying to restore the normalcy in the emergency services.