Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 1: PHE workers, under the banner of PHE Employees United Front (Jammu province), who are on strike since June 22, today held protest demonstrations at various PHE offices and water stations across the region.
A large number of PHE/Jal Shakti department daily wage workers assembled at PHE Station Company Bagh, Water Station Sitlee, Narwal Pumping Station, BC Road Complex and various other places across the Jammu region and held protest demonstrations. They were shouting slogans in support of their long pending demands and also against the UT administration.
Several senior leaders of the PHE United Front addressed the gatherings and criticized the J&K UT Government for not addressing the pending issues of the employees including daily rated/CP workers. They demanded the regularisation of the daily rated workers, enhancement of Minimum Wages as per Central law in J&K UT, enhancement of Medical allowance of the employees and workers, release of pending wages of 70 months of PHE workers.
They condemned the rigid and anti-employee attitude of some senior Government officers and even the two senior BJP leaders including Ravinder Raina (president) and MP Jugal Kishore who only befooled them and done nothing for getting their long pending issues resolved.
The speakers claimed that their strike will continue till their issues are resolved. They decided to extend strike by next 48 hours after holding joint meeting here and declared that they will not succumb to the pressure being mounted on them to call off strike till their wages are released and regularisation orders issued.
Meanwhile, with the ongoing strike of the PHE workers the general public is badly affected, specially in rural and semi-urban areas while the UT Administration is least bothered about the miseries of the people.
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