Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 14: JKPCC chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma has criticized the UT Administration for harassing the daily wagers and need based workers by making it mandatory to mark bio- matric attendance twice daily, whereas they were not neither regularised nor their wages enhanced and are not paid regularly, too, the meagre wages.
In a statement, JKPCC chief spokesperson said that the government failed to regularise them and revise their wages despite high inflation of prices of all commodities but on the other hand harassing these field functionaries, by putting so many harsh service conditions up on them, whose survival is difficult on a meagre Rs 9000 pm, which too is not paid them regularly.
The daily wagers and need based workers are supposed to work in respective beats allotted to them in the field but are being forced to mark bio- matric attendance twice daily and have to visit twice to the offices to mark attendance. In order to make two ends meet and for the survival and education of their children, they have to undertake part time works after discharging their duties but now find difficult to work.
What is most unfortunate that the Jal Shakti Department got land from owners for creating source of water and establishing other assets, on the promise of giving them jobs , as per Govt policy prior to April, 2015. Hundreds of youth donated their land to the department by registered deeds in the court of Sub Registrar, prior to 2015 and the department is utilizing their land. Suddenly, the government imposed ban in April 2015 and the department neither engaged these candidates, nor paid any compensation to such persons, which is totally arbitrary, illegal and inhumane.
The government should do justice to these poor people by engaging them as land donors as per policy prevalent at that time of getting land besides frame regularisation policy for all those who have rendered services of more than 15/20 years.
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