Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 15: The members of All J&K PHE ITI Trained, CP Workers and Land Donors Association as a part of their ongoing agitation held strong protest near Press Club Jammu and then along with their children took out march towards Chief Engineers office at B C Road and staged day long dharna there.
The PHE daily wagers who are on strike since Sept 7, 2018, assembled near Press Club Jammu along with their children and held massive protest demonstration. The protest was led by Tanveer Hussain, president of the Association. It was attended by hundreds of workers besides divisional/district presidents and general secretaries and Central Committee members. The employees and their children were carrying banners and place cards depicting their demands. After holding protest demonstration near Press Club for about an hour, then they took out rally towards the Chief Engineer’s office at B C Road and staged day long protest dharna. They were demanding release of their pending wages and implementation of SRO 520.
Addressing the workers rally Tanveer Hussain said they have given so many ultimatums to the Government but nothing has been done for them regarding their pending wages of last 48 months. He said that workers are being denied their wages and their families are starving but department is not serious towards their issues. He said that now when we are left with no option other than “Kaam Chod Hartal” our department and government will be responsible for any inconvenience to the public.
Tanveer alleged that Government failed to keep its promise of releasing salary on recent festivals. He said that Government should immediately release all the pending wages of the daily wagers without any delay. He said during announcement of SRO it was assured that proper wages head will be formed and daily wagers will get regular salaries without any delay but it was just an eye wash. He said that Chief Engineer PHE Jammu on behalf of Chief Secretary had assured to resolve their issue before October 10 but nothing has happened as yet.
Prominent among others who accompanied included Deepak Gupta, Subhash Rakwal, Bhanu Partap, Sanjeev Thakur, Jeevan Singh, Manjit Singh, Balbir Jasmeria, Pawan Kumar and others.
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