Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, April 8: National Conference’s Member of Parliament from Anatnag Justice (retired) Hasnain Masoodi today sought immediate disbursement of pending wages of contractual lecturers, daily rated workers of different departments, particularly local bodies’ employees.
While expressing shock over holding back of wages of employees, the MP said it is agonizing to see people, who are fighting the battle for us against COVID-19 sprawl, crave for their due wages and emoluments.
“Most of the employees, whose wages have been withheld fall in contractual category. These people are already cash-strapped and as a norm have to wait for days and months to get their salaries credited to their accounts. The wages they get are also not as much of to cater to their needs, however the amount helps them to provide for the basic necessities of their families,” Masoodi said.
He said it is highly improper of the Government to shut its eyes to the burgeoning miseries of these employees. Why these people are forced to take on roads demanding disbursement of their wages, he questioned. “Most of these employees work in local bodies and are presently working on ground to ensure effective facilities to households across J&K. Government should have prioritized disbursement of salaries to them on time; contrarily the wages have been withheld for the reasons better known to Government,” the MP added.
Masoodi said that he has been receiving distress calls from such employees. “The Functionaries of Municipalities and Municipal Committees are complaining that they are also being starved for other emoluments, though SDRF funds have sufficiently been released in favour of Deputy Commissioners. One fails to understand what holds the administration back to release the impending dues in favor of the employees who are battling the problem on ground,” he added.
He urged the Government to disburse the pending wages of Government employees both contractual and regular. He also urged the Government to give additional benefits like bonus amounts to such employees as are coping with the crises on ground.
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