Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 7: Indefinite strike and protest dharna of the PHE daily wagers outside the office of Chief Engineer at B C Road Jammu entered 83rd consecutive day today.
These Jal Shakti/PHE workers are on strike for the last 83 days, demanding release of their pending wages and regularization of their services. Despite three rounds of talks with higher authorities in the department, their dialogue remained inconclusive.
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While intensifying their agitation, a large number of PHE workers from various Divisions and Sub Divisions assembled outside the office of Chief Engineer PHE Jammu, at BC Road , in the morning to join protest dharna under the banner of PHE Employees United Front and held strong protest demonstration. Some of them pulled out their shirts and under- shirts and held protest in semi-naked condition. They were shouting slogans in support of their demands and also against LG’s Administration, BJP and other higher authorities in the J&K UT. Many of them were carrying banners and placards in their hands depicting slogans. Later, they sat on day long dharna inside PHE complex BC , Road.
The employees representatives including Ravi Hans, Hoshiar Singh, Navdeep Singh, Rajinder Singh Taj, Mohan Lal Sharma and others said that in the past also they had called off their strike merely on assurances several times but nothing happened after that. Therefore, they were not prepared to call off strike until an order from the Government is issued. They have resolved to continue their strike. The daily rated and consolidated workers of the PHE/ Jal Shakti department are on strike since June 22, 2022. These helpless workers are demanding regularization, enhancement of Minimum Wages as per Central norms in J&K UT and release of pending wages of 70 months of PHE workers.
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