Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 25: J&K PWD Casual Labourers Union held a protest demonstration in front of Lok Nirman Bhawan, Pamana Chowk, demanding regularization policy for the workers engaged after 1994, here today.
Raising slogans in support of their demands, the protestors urged the Government to frame regularization policy for all causal workers, who are working in the department for the past over a decade.
They also demanded release of wages under proper wages head and release of all pending wages of various divisions of Jammu province especially Samba and Akhnoor divisions.
Due to retirement of the permanent employees all the important assignment are being run by the casual labour of the department, they said, adding that in this situation these casual labours deserve favorable regularization policy.
Addressing the gathering, Mohammad Gafoor Dar, president, J&K National Trade Union Front warned the authorities that further delay in fulfilling the demands will compel the workers to launch agitation.
Among others present were Rajinder Kumar, Molvi Naazir Ahmad, Ajay Kumar, Satish Kumar, Sanjeev Suri, Ravi Manhas etc.
Gafoor Dar has appealed to all casual labours of PWD, PHE, Irrigation, Forest and other allied departments to partipate in large number on Febuary 12, 2014 to march to Assembly programme.
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