Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Feb 12: Seeking redressal of their long pending demands, PHE workers and employees held a massive protest demonstration at PHE Complex, Udhampur, here today, under the leadership of Som Nath, President of the Jal Shakti (PHE) Employees and Workers Association and Vice-President of Panthers Trade Union.
The employees drawn from Ramnagar, Kaghote, Kulwanta, Mansar, Majalta, Khoon, Manwal, Tikri, Jib Thathi, Rehambal, Krimchi, Panchari, Chenani, Kud and Patnitop assembled at the PHE complex Udhampur and held demonstration amidst raising of slogans in support of their demands.
They were demanding regularization of CP/ITI/Land case workers, release of pending wages, implementation of Minimum Wages Act, engagement of more workers to run the PHE schemes, holding DPC, clearing SRO-43 cases, converting half cadre posts to full cadre ,etc.
While addressing the protest demonstration, Som Nath criticized the UT Government for allegedly befooling the Daily Wagers, whose grievances were not being addressed since long.
“The J&K Budget is going to be presented in the Parliament on March 2 and the pending wages of all the daily wagers should released by making a provision for the same in the budget proposal,” he said, adding that the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha had committed that all demands of the workers would be addressed soon after the DDC elections.
Others, who spoke on the occasion, included Vijay Sharma, Suraj Parkash, Dinesh Kesar, Makhan Chand, Jagdish Magotra, Amit Dubey, Parath Singh, Krishan Chand, Balbir Singh, Rajinder Sharma, Karan Singh, Kuldeep Kumar and Prem Nath.
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