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| Workers denied MGNREGA wages, stage protest | | | 
Early Times Report
poonch, May 2: A large number of workers who have been denied wages by the Rural Development Department under various MGNREGA works for the last over one year, today staged protest demonstration against the government and also submitted a memorandum in the office of Tehsildar Mendhar.
The poor and hapless workers, who have offered their services under various works under MGNREGA in different blocks of Mendhar tehsil assembled at Shahidi Yadgar and started protest. They demanded an inquiry into misappropriation of cement in MGNREGA works .They alleged that village level workers (Gram Sevaks) were not paying their pending wages for the last over two years and even the matter was brought to the notice of BDO Mendhar, Balakote and Mankote but nothing has happened.
Under leadership of Labour Union president Mendhar Abdul Majid Choudhary , these workers were shouting slogans against Director RDD and the Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) Poonch. After staging protest for about an hour, later they moved to the office of Tehsildar Mendhar and submitted a memorandum demanding release of their pending wages of last two years.
They warned to intensify their agitation if the wages of poor workers were not paid within a week. They also pointed out that workers were holding protests for the last several months but the Government has turned deaf ear towards their issue and appealed to the Minister RDD, to look into matter. |
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