Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 21: The employees of MG-NREGA (Scheme), engaged by the State Rural Development Department held strong protest demonstration and dharna at Exhibition Ground near Press Club here today.
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On the eleventh consecutive day of their protest/ dharna programme, a large number of employees under the banner of All J&K MGNREGA Employees Association assembled at Exhibition Ground in the morning and then started protest demonstration. The workers from various districts of Jammu region and many parts of Kashmir province also joined the protest program. They were demanding regularization of all type of workers engaged under MG-NREGA.
Provincial president for Jammu, Sandeep Kalotra and president Kashmir Division, Jan Mohd besides others also addressed the gathering and alleged that despite assurance by the RDD Minister to frame a definite policy for the regularization of MG-NREGA workers nothing has been done so far. They said that these workers including GRS, Technical Assistants, MIS Operators are being exploited by the Government and are being provided just peanut salaries. Many of them are highly qualified and they are going to be over aged. They warned the Government to frame the policy for the regularisation of these workers otherwise they will intensify the agitation.
After protest demonstration the agitating workers staged day long dharna. Several trade unionists also addressed large gathering and stressed upon the Government to address the long opending issues of the NREGA workers. They accorded full support to their cause.
The workers were also carrying banners and placards in their hands depicting their demands. They had planned to take out march towards Civil Secretariat but it was foiled by the a strong contingent of police and paramilitary force.
Prominent among others who addressed gathering included Sandeep Sharma, Satwant Singh, Tariq Zara, Farooq Ahmed, Sajjad Bhat, Young Bahadur, Arun Kumar, Kumkum Sharma and Lal Hussain.
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