Technical and support staff at the government Drug Deaddiction Centre, Srinagar, said the employees, first hired in 2011, have been working on yearly extensions as multipurpose attendants. However, this year, the employees have been told that further extension will not be provided.
In district after district in the Valley, as The Indian Express found travelling to Srinagar, Anantnag, Kupwara and Baramulla, such stories are playing out in homes, hospital wards and deaddiction centres.