JAMMU, July 15:
A delegation of PHE workers todfay met the Commissioner/ Secretary , Jal Shakti /PHE department Ashok Parmar in presence of Chief Engineer PHE Jammu Munish Kumar Bhat today while the strike of the daily rated workers entered the 24th consecutive day today.
Reports said a delegation of the PHE Workers United Front on the invitation from the Chief Engineer called on Commissioner Secretary in Civil Secretariat and held discussions today. From employees side, Rajinder Singh, Hoshiar Singh, Mohan Lal, Navdeep Singh and Ravi Hans participated in the meeting. Parmar held negotiations on behalf of the Government. But the talks ended in deadlock today. The second round of the talks will be held on Monday.
Meanwhile, the strike and protest of the daily rated workers continued on the 24nd consecutive day today. Under the banner of PHE Employees United Front (Jammu province), the daily rated and consolidated workers of the PHE/ Jal Shakti department are on strike since June 22. The PHE workers apart from Chief Engineer’s office Jammu, held protest demonstrations at various PHE Divisions of the region. They were demanding regularisation of the daily rated workers, enhancement of Minimum Wages as per Central law in J&K UT and release of pending wages of 70 months of PHE workers.
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