Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 21: The ITI trained, casual labours and Community Participation (CP) workers of the PHE Department continued their Kam Chhor Hartal and protest demonstration outside the office of Chief Engineer on BC Road here today.
The workers under the banner of All J&K PHE, ITI Trained & CP Workers Association led by its president Tanveer Hussain assembled at BC Road PHE complex in the morning today and started protest demonstration. They were raising loud slogans in support of their demands and also against the State Government. They expressed their anguish over the anti-worker attitude of the Government.
Tanveer Hussain alleged that only false promises were made with over 61,000 casual labour and other workers engaged in various departments by previous Government. Number of committees and sub-committees were framed but they were not regularised. Their files remained in the offices gathering dust. The new Government has ousted thousands of temporary workers and made them unemployed. Nothing can be expected from the present regime also, he added.
The Association members alleged that May 20 deadline had been given to the State Government to address their demands but it remained unmoved. The higher officials did not bother. Therefore, the Association decided to go on Kam Chhor Hartal in Jammu as well as Kashmir region. They warned the Government to stop exploitation of the unemployed youth and accept their pending demands.
Several other senior members including Deepak Gupta, Subash Chander, Kulbhushan Singh and Rakesh Kumar spoke on the occasion.
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