Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 25: The PHE workers held strong protest demonstration at Chief Engineer’s office at B C Road, Jammu and Water Station Sitlee, near Nagrota Bypass while the strike of the agitating workers continued in support of their pending demands on the 67th consecutive day today.
The daily rated and consolidated workers of the Jal Shakti/ PHE department are on strike since June 22, 2022. They are demanding regularisation of their services, release of pending wages besides enhancement of wages. The Government failed to resolve their issues despite several rounds of talks with senior officers of the Department.
On 67th day of their protest, a large number of workers from various PHE Divisions and Sub Divisions/ water stations assembled in the office complex of Chief Engineer PHE Jammu, at BC Road in the morning under the banner of PHE Employees United Front and staged protest demonstration. They were shouting slogans against the LG’s administration and BJP leaders of Jammu.
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After holding protest demonstration for some time, they took out a protest rally from PHE Complex BC Road. But they were stopped by police near Indira Chowk. Some Union leaders addressed the gathering and criticized the LG’s administration for its indifferent attitude towards working class. They said public was suffering due to water shortage but the authorities were ignorant of their problems.
The employees leaders including Ravi Hans and others said that two months are over but the higher authorities have failed to resolve their issues. Even the Lt Governor during meeting had assured to resolve their issues within two months but nothing happened even after that. They claimed that workers will intensify their struggle.
The United Front leaders appealed to the Lt Governor to solve the pending issues of the PHE workers who are demanding regularization, implementation of Minimum Wages Act as per Central norms in J&K UT and release of pending wages of 70 months of PHE workers. Similar protest was held at Sitlee Water Pumping Station near Nagrota Bypass and several other Divisions and Sub-Divisions of the Jal Shakti department.
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