Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Mar 15: Jal Shakti (PHE) Employees & Worker Association president for Udhampur and senior trade union leader Som Nath today alleged that UT Government has failed to solve the genuine issues of daily wagers.
While addressing a large protest meeting of daily wagers from Majalta tehsil of district Udhampur, Som Nath highlight the issues regarding pending wages of 70 months since 2014 and release the pending wages immediately. He said recently, the UT administration of Leh has ordered to enhanced the wages of daily wagers and enhanced the rate of daily wagers on the basis of criteria of skilled, unskilled workers and highly skilled workers as per Minimum Wages Act. But suprisingly, the UT Administration of Jammu & Kashmir has enhanced the wages Rs 11 for all type of daily wagers which is very disappointing and unacceptable decision. The JKUT Administration just befooled the daily wagers.
He strongly demanded that CP/ITI/Land case workers should be regularized immediately those who have completed 7 years of service as per SRO-64 and all other required formalities be completed without any further delay; The pending wages to the workers since last 70 months be cleared with interest and in future separate head of wages should be kept in the State Budget so that timely wages to workers may be given, implement Minimum Wages Act in J&K UT at the rate of all the UTs and Centre; DPC of all the cadre be held in PHE, all the pendimng SRO cases be cleared, shortage of staff at water stations and PHE offices be removed and pending dues of retired employees be cleared without any delay as they are suffering as lot fopr the last about one year.
Meanwhile, Parveen Sharma was unanimously elected as Block president and Jagdish Singh as general secretary for Block Khoon of PHE Employees & Work Association Majalta.
Som Nath appealed to all type of daily wagers to remained united to pressurize the UT Govt in fulfilling the genuine demands.
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