Release wages of daily rated workers before Diwali: Harsh

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 26: With various sections of employees protesting on the roads for the timely release of their salaries and wages, Harsh Dev Singh, JKNPP chairman and former Minister called upon the Government to release all arrears of such employees before Diwali festival.
He said that it was ironical that Government employees including the DRWs of PHE, PWD, M&RE, NHM employees, RETs, MGNREGA workers, Anganwari and Asha workers, besides other categories of Government employees were forced to take to streets even for the release of their negligible wages in a Government that had promised them ‘good governance’ and ‘Achhe din’ prior to elections.
He further called for issuance of appropriate orders for delinking the salary of RETs and FMPHWs from central sources of funding as assured earlier with immediate effect as a Diwali gift to the said sections of employees.