Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 1: The daily rated workers of Power Development Department (PDD) held strong protest demonstration against the Government here today.
A large number of temporary workers of the PDD, assembled at Press Club in the morning and pulling out their shirts and under shirts, started protest demonstration. They were demanding release of their long pending wages and also regularization of their services. They were raising loud slogans against the PDD authorities, concerned minister and the State Government.
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Later, they took out a protest march and also disrupted movement of traffic near Dogra Chowk for some time. Then they moved towards Indira Chowk where strong police contingent stalled their further protest march. During protest one of their protesting colleague fell down and turned unconscious on the road. He was later rushed to Govt Medical College Hospital, Jammu in police vehicle.
Earlier, several senior trade unionists and president of the Daily Wagers Workers Union addressed the gathering and criticized the State Government for ignoring their demands. They said that workers are on strike for the last more than 134 days but Govt has failed to intervene and resolve their issues. They demanded that all those workers who have completed seven years in service be regularised and pending wages of the workers be cleared as their families were facing starvation.
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