Daily rated workers in PDD, PDC dismayed over non-payment of wages

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 1: The daily rated workers in PDD and PDC are dismayed over non-payment of their wages for the past several months.
“Despite working 24×7 as an arm of essential services the authorities are making several excuses including non-updation of their credentials on NIC portal, said Mohammad Afzal Bhat Fatehpuri, President J&K Central Non Gazetted Electrical Employees Union (JKCNGEEU).
He added that when the whole world is up against fight for Coronavirus, Power employees and workers stationed in different Power Houses, Grid Stations, Receiving Stations, Sub Stations, Workshops along with field staff are without wages from months despite working round the clock to ensure regular power supply to general public.
“These workers have not been paid for a very long time, the reason being their data has not been uploaded on the NIC portal due to unknown reasons. Despite the fact that their service to the society is of utmost value during this global pandemic situation”, he stated.
Fatehpuri informed that a decision was made by the Government of J&K under the guidelines of Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba to rehabilitate all the registered construction workers, migrant workers/laborers in J&K from different States as well as other weaker and needy sections of the society. If Government is ready to compensate the registered construction workers, migrant workers, why can’t the UT employees and workers be paid their legitimate earned wages which are pending from several months, he questioned.
He urged the Government to pay urgent attention to the daily rated workers (casual and need base workers working in different wings of PDD and PDC. The Government should immediately release their wages and provide them with other basic facilities so that they can take a sigh of relief, Fatehpuri added.

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