Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 11: A meeting has organized by the State Govt. Employees Action Committee under the Presidium of Sushil Sudan, Subash Verma and Suresh Sharma Sr. Leader of Govt. Employees Action Committee they urged the Govt. to consider the long pending demands including regularization of regular wages of agitating daily wagers, need based, ITI trained, CP workers and other such categories of workers in PHE, Irrigation Flood Control and other Departments, during the meeting the Sr. leader so Govt. Employee action committee was apprised that PHE workers of Various categories who were working for the past several years on meagre wages, that too on payment of these wages on few intervals in years only, were promised regularization by the successive governments especially BJP. They regretted that UT administration has not appreciated their genuine demands, as a result they have chosen path of protest and agitation and suspended work. This has affected the water supply in most parts in Jammu and Kashmir, but the government has yet to respond positively to their demands. They also urged upon the UT Administration immediately concede their long pending demands and to restore water supply in largest interest of general public. He also demanded that all genuine demands of the PHE employees of various categories be addressed, in a time bound manner, as these daily wagers are working for 10 to 15 years or more, on occasional payment of meager wages. |
