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PHE daily wage workers' strike enters 18th day 10/2/2016 10:38:05 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 2: The PHE daily rated, ITI trained and CP workers' strike continued while agitating workers held protest demonstration near Press Club here today. A large number of PHE daily wagers assembled at Press Club in the morning and started protest demonstration. They were shouting slogans against the PHE Minister, Sham Choudhary, Chief Engineer PHE and the BJP-PDP Government. With the ongoing strike the, water supply position in many rural and as well as urban areas has been affected. Most of the water pumping stations, tube wells and supply points are being operated by the temporary staff. Today was the 18th day of their continuous strike. The CP workers/ turn cocks, providing supplies to many urban and sub urban localities besides villages, have gone on `Kam Chhor Hartal'. Not only in Jammu city and other major towns, the water supply position is not good in rural areas. The workers bearing black badges held protest and then sat on day long dhrna at Press Club. They are not being allowed to sit in the PHE complex by the Administration and higher authorities in PHE on the plea that Sections 144 has been imposed in that area by the District Magistrate, Jammu. They have launched their strike under the banner of All J&K PHE Daily Wagers, ITI Trained & CP Workers Association. Tanveer Hussain, president and Deepak Gupta vice president of the Association alleged that despite three months time given by the Government and PHE Ministers Sham Choudhary, their issues remained unresolved. They said the general public is suffering due to negative attitude of the Govt. They alleged that process of biometrics as claimed by the minister to be completed in three months has been abandoned. No separate Wage Head for the PHE daily wagers/ ITI trained and CP workers was created. Even their pending wages of nearly 38 months have remained unpaid.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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