dehradun after three women who had taken part in the agitation for a separate state of uttarakhand climbed a tree and stayed atop it for 34 hours senior congress leader dhirendra pratap offering advice to the agitators said avoid sholaylike protest and follow gandhian principles after staying atop a tree for 34 hours the women descended on thursday night one of them had to be admitted to doon hospital soon afterwards the state has in the recent past seen several protests in which people have climbed atop water tanks all three who had climbed the tree had participated in the agitation seeking the creation of a separate state of uttarakhand and were demanding that the state now grant people who took part in that agitation and were over 60 years old pensions the agitators also sought government jobs for their children pratap said bollywoodstyle protests would draw attention but not convince authorities the women climbed the tree without realizing that the state cabinet had discussed the matter that very day the issue of 10 reservation in government jobs to the family of the activists was to be considered in the next budget session he said adding that chief minister harish rawat had said that pension payments to statehood campaigners who had crossed 60 years of age was a matter under consideration