Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 23: The district wise protest dharnas of Female Multipurpose Health Workers (FMPHWs) for release of their pending salaries, entered into 9th day, today.
The main protest dharna held here at Madam Shashi Bala Memorial Park under the supervision of Sushil Sudan, president, Jammu Kashmir Medical Employees Federation (JKMEF), where the day started with roaring of slogans in support of their demands.
Vinod Sharma, secretary general, JKMEF, who was the principal speaker of the day, added soul to the protest dharna and shared a number of past experiences and encouraged the Female Multipurpose Health Workers for their struggle. Besides, he strongly condemned the State Government’s irresponsible behavior towards struggling FMPHW’s.
“It is a sheer mockery that at on one hand schemes and programs are launched for women empowerment and at the same time the women who are working round the clock for rendering better health facilities to the society are left without salaries for more than a year”, he added.
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Neelam Kumari, general secretary of FMPHWs’ Welfare Association, in her address, appealed the higher Authorities to redress the issue of salaries of Female Multipurpose Health Workers which was due for more than a year’s time and its permanent solution on war footing otherwise the protests will be exaggerated.
Meanwhile in Udhampur district, Ranbir Singh Pathania, MLA Ramnagar, expressed solidarity with the protesting FMPHWs at Udhampur, who are demanding release of their eleven months pending salary.
While addressing the protesting FMPHWs in the premises of Chief Medical Officer Udhampur, Pathania said that ‘Right to Wages’ is a fundamental right enshrined under the Constitution of India. It is most unfortunate that neither the Department of Health and Family Welfare has taken steps to clear the pending salary nor it has given a positive assurance or made any fruitful efforts for resolving the stalemate.
Further assuring the agitating employees, he said that he shall take up the issue with requisite higher ups and in case the need arises he will not shy to raise up the issue even on the floor of Legislative Assembly.
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