STATE TIMES NEWS
UDHAMPUR: Jal Shakti (PHE) Employees and workers held a massive protest at PHE Complex Udhampur under the leadership of Som Nath President Jal Shakti PHE Employees & Workers Association and Vice President Panthers Trade Union J&K UT. The employee drawn from Ramnagar, Kulwanta, Basantgarh, Khagote, Mansar, Khoon, Manwal, Majalta, Kud, Patnitop, Chenani, Shudmahadev, Panchari, Jib Thathi, Mongri, Damnote, Garhi Rehmble other far flung areas assembled at PHE Complex and raised slogans in favour of their demands and against PHE authorities.
Som Nath while addressing the gathering criticized the attitude of the UT Govt. “All type of Daily Wagers continue on their agitation since 25 years and still nothing has been done by the Govt. to address their genuine demands which compelled them to adopt the way of strike / agitation” he said. The demands which were highlighted during the protest include Regularization of DW/CP/ITI/Land case workers; release of pending wages; Minimum Wages Act:- Minimum wages to the workers given accordingly as per Govt. order that the minimum wages should be given to the workers @ Rs. 225/- per day Accordingly to the minimum wages Act that nobody can be engaged in future (Regular and Daily Wagers) ; preparation of Sheet of Retired DW workers etc.
Som Nath appealed LG to solve the issues immediately without further delay otherwise the united front will go on indefinite strike.
Those spoke on the occasion include Vijay Kumar, Suraj Parkash, Dinesh Kesar, Makhan Chand Jagdish Magotra, Balbir Singh, Kuldeep Kumar, Parth Singh, Krishan Chand, Karan Singh, Prem Nath, Vidya Ram, Amit Dubey, Shambu Dutt and Rajinder Sharma.