Vandana Savakare, a 36-year-old Marathi teacher at PD Turakia Junior College, is in a similar situation. Savakare, who earned Rs 4,500 per month for the three years that she worked as a

contract employee, was supposed to earn at least Rs 18,000 under payroll once she became a permanent employee. However, things didn’t pan out the way she imagined it would. Savakare, too,

has been travelling to college daily in the last two years despite not getting paid. Mumbai witnessed similar protests by Junior College teachers around March 2018 as well, when the

evaluation process of HSC mark sheets was stalled across the state after a section of teachers called for boycott. But despite the demonstrations, the agitating teachers say nothing has