Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 1: The daily wage workers of PHE/Jal Shakti Department today took out a strong protest march towards Civil Secretariat and held dharna near Shalamar Chowk disrupting movement of vehicles for several hours.
A large number of PHE workers under the banner of PHE Workers United Front assembled in front of the office of Chief Engineer, Jal Shakti Department at BC Road, PHE Complex, Jammu today and started their protest demonstration. They were shouting slogans in support of their demands and also against the Government for ignoring their issues.
Led by senior office bearers including- Ravi Hans, Rajinder Singh Taj, Hoshiar Singh, Navdeep Singh, Mohan Lal and others, the protesting workers shouted loud slogans in front of the office of Chief Engineer for some time and then carrying banners and placards in hands moved towards Civil Secretariat to conduct Gherao of the Legislative Assembly. Many workers from other districts including Samba, Kathua and Udhampur joined the protest march.
While addressing gathering, Ravi Hans and Rajinder Singh Taj demanded that all the daily wagers be regularized without any delay. They said National Conference had promised their regularization but is now just buying time. Even the committee constituted by the Chief Minister was given six months time but even after one year its report has not made public. It has not been brought under public domain.
They said the daily wagers had high hope in this Budget but they were disappointed. Now Chief Minister has again given assurance but at least committees report should be made public, they demanded.
The marching daily wagers were stopped by police near Health Department office but they managed to reach upto Ranbireshwar Temple Chowk on Shalamar Road and then sat on dharna. Several readers including Navdeep Singh, Mohan Lal Sharma, and others addressed the gathering and criticized the Government for ignoring the demand of the daily wagers. The movement of vehicles remained disrupted for over three hours. Police did not allow them to move ahead and foiled their further march to Assembly House. These workers are demanding regularization of their services and release of their pending wages.
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