Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 13: The PDD daily wagers continued their protest dharna outside the office of Development Commissioner Power (DCP) at Janipur on the 16th consecutive day today.
The workers led by Bharat Singh, chairman and president Surjeet Khajuria, PDD Daily Wagers Union (Jammu province) started their ‘Kam Chhor Hartal’ on November 28. Today was the 16th day of the strike and protest dharna. They have launched their dharna at the Janipur office of the DCP. Many workers joined the protest programme.
The protesting workers were shouting slogans in support of their demand of regularization and enhancement of their wages besides clearance of all the pending wages. They were also demanding the release of their wages in time, conduct of DPC of all cadre. They further demanded that discrimination with the daily wagers from Jammu region be stopped and they should be treated at par with those from Kashmir region.
Later, a delegation of the Union met the DCP in presence of Chief Engineer M&RE and discussed their issues with them. The DCP listened to the issues and asked the CE to hold DPC of the cadre. The Union has solved to hold massive protest rally tomorrow from SE M&RE’s office to Divisional Commissioner’s office on Railway Road.
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