Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 27: A meeting of PHE Division South Unit of PHE Employees Association (PHEEA), Jammu Province was held here at union office to discuss burning demands of the PHE employees.
The meeting held under the chairmanship of State president, Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), J&K, Shiv Kumar Sharma, who is also the provincial president of PHEEA, Jammu Province.
The speakers lambasted the authorities for not releasing the wages of daily wagers for last 24 to 30 months. The daily wagers are suffering severe financial hardships in the absence of salary, while the authorities are doing nothing besides giving assurances, they said.
The meeting discussed various demands of the Association including meeting shortage of staff in the department, holding DPC meeting as early as possible, change of designation of workers as per nature of working and enhancement of daily wages from Rs 150 to Rs 350.
Addressing the meeting, Sharma urged the Government for early release of pending wages of PHE workers. He also urged the Government to enhance medical allowance from Rs 300 to Rs 1000, make provision to release the wages regularly by first week of every month, frame policy for regularization of services of daily wagers and create technical posts from top to bottom to remove stagnation.
Sharma also asserted for time bound promotion and Quasi permanent orders issued in favour of eligible employees on due date and time and making entries of the same in the service books of the concerned regularly.
The other demands raised were repairs of chowkidar quarters, tube wells, pump rooms, providing identity proofs to all the field staff and daily wagers besides provision of tool kits or Plant articles to mechanical staff to perform their duties more efficiently.
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