Hyderabad, Sept. 13 -- Thousands of village revenue assistants (VRAs) protested in front of the Legislative Assembly here, demanding the implementation of a new pay scale as listed in the New Revenue Act introduced by the Telangana government in 2020. For nearly two months, VRAs have been protesting in the hope that the new pay scale would be implemented.

Tuesday's protest witnessed the VRAs outnumbering police officials to a point where the officials resorted to lathi-charge.

In 2020, the government abolished the village revenue officer (VRO) system and introduced the Act to address land-related problems and curb corruption. The chief minister had assured the regularisation of jobs and a hike in their salaries (currently a VRA gets a m...