Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 15: The daily rated and other temporary workers of the Power Development Department (PDD) today held protest demonstration near Press Club here today.
A large number of PDD workers under the leadership of Bharat Singh, chairman of the PDD Daily Wagers Union assembled near Press Club in the morning and then started protest demonstration. They were demanding regularization and release of pending wages. They also shouted slogans against Govt and higher authorities in the PDD. They alleged discrimination against the PDD workers from Jammu region.
The protesting workers were also demanding implementation of SRO 381 in its letter and spirit. They said about 800 higher grade posts were lying vacant under Chief Engineer EM&RE Jammu and these posts be filled up by accommodating DRWs being regularized. After staging protest for some time, they dispersed.
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