Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Feb 2: Jal Shakti Employees & Workers Association (Udhampur) has demanded regularization of temporary workers by farming a definite policy and also release their pending wages.
A meeting of a large number of Jal Shakti workers/daily wagers from Udhampur town, Ramnagar, Chenani, Pancheri, Tirki and Gharhi- Rehmbal area of district Udhampur was held in the PHE Complex Udhampur today under the banner of Jal Shakti (PHE) Employees & Workers Association led by its president and NPP Trade Union vice president for J&K UT, Som Nath. The members strongly condemned the attitude of the previous BJP-PDP Government and the present State Administration for not addressing issues of employees and temporary workers.
While addressing employees and workers, Som Nath alleged that despite representations to senior officers, bureaucrats and the Advisors besides ministers in the previous Government, the authorities failed to clear the wages of the workers, who are performing their duties at their respective water stations. They are facing worst kind of exploitation at the hands of the Government.
Trade Union leader further said that these helpless workers are unable to feed their families and also to continue the studies of their children. He said that Lt Governor and the concerned Advisor must take cognizance of the matter and clear the 65 months pending wages of the workers.
He said that on Nov 11, 2020 PHE United Front deputation led by BJP MP Jugal Kishore and State BJP president Ravinder Raina had met Lt Governor Sinha who had assured to solve their issues before January 15, 2021 but unfortunately nothing has happned so far. He hoped that LG would hopnour his commitment.
Som Nath further demanded regularization of CP/ ITI and Land case workers of PHE, remove shortage of staff at water stations and other PHE offices, clear pending SRO-43 cases, conduct DPC at Divisional and Provincial level, implement Minimum Wages Act, change the designation of the employees as per their nature of work and clear wages of 618 workers engaged 15 years ago in PHE.
Senior members Vijay Kumar, Suraj Parkash, Makhan Chand, Jagdish Mangotra, Baldev Raj, Karan Singh, Amit Dubey Dara Singh, Rattan Chand, Laxman Singh, Sham Lal and others also spoke on the occasion.
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