PWD casual labourers call off strike

Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI June 19: The casual labourers and need based workers working in PW(R&B) Department who were on an indefinite strike since May 19 in support of their demands, called off their strike on the verbal assurances given by Chief Engineer, PW(R&B) Department Jammu at PWD Dak Bungalow Rajouri for release of their pending wages.
The Chief Engineer also assured the workers that no one will terminate their services and he has already made the genuine recommendations to the Government for formulation of their regularization policy since long.
The union president said that the Chief Engineer has issued verbal instructions to the Executive Engineers to release their long pending wages at an earliest.