Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 16: The indefinite strike launched by PHE daily wagers, ITI trained and community participation workers has badly affected the water supply to many areas of Jammu city and other major towns and rural areas of Jammu region.
Today was the second day of their strike and over 70 % of the water supply schemes are being manned by the temporary workers. As the PHE Department do not have the adequate staff, the water supply from many city water stations remained affected. Even the CP workers/ turn cocks etc providing supplies to many urban and sub urban localities besides villages have gone on Kam Chhorh Hartal.
These striking workers continued their protest demonstration and dharna outside the office of Chief Engineer PHE at B C Road on the second consecutive day. held strong protest demonstration at BC Road PHE complex here today.
The workers, under the banner of All J&K PHE Daily Wagers, ITI Trained & CP Workers Association today again assembled at B C Road complex and started protest demonstration followed by day long dharna. Tanveer Hussain, president ; Deepak Gupta vice president and Subash Chander general secretary of the Association were leading the protest. The workers were shouting slogans against State Government, PHE Minister Sham Choudhary, Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu, Chief Engineer PHE. They alleged that despite three months time given by the Government and PHE Ministers Sham Choudhary, their issues remained unresolved.
While addressing workers, Tanveer Hussain claimed that about 23,000 PHE daily wagers have gone on indefinite strike. The people have been made to suffer by the Government as it never remained serious in resolving workers’ issues. He alleged that process of biometrics as claimed by the minister to be completed in three months has been abandoned. No separate Wage Head for the PHE daily wagers/ ITI trained and CP workers was created. Their pending wages of nearly 38 months have not been released till today and all the promises made by the Government have proved to be the cruel joke once again. The Government is continuously befooling them. No wages were released even on the festivals.
Similar protest dharnas have been launched at various district and tehsil headquarters by the PHE daily wagers. He claimed that 70 % of the water supply schemes are being run by the temporary/ daily wage staff and Government is responsible for the water crisis.
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