STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Demanding regularisation and release of pending wages, casual labourers of Power Development Department (PDD) under the banner of Jammu and Kashmir PDD Casual Labourers Union held a protest, which entered 58th day on Tuesday. The protesting workers gathered at the Office of Chief Engineer, Bhagwati Nagar, here and raised slogans against the concerned department.
They urged the government to frame regularisation policy for all causal workers and release of wages under proper wages head. They also expressed anguish meted out by the previous State Government by making false promises for regularisation of casual labours working in PDD.
They demanded release of pending wages from Wages Head, regularisation and insurance policies for workers, filling up the 5,000 posts which were sanctioned in the year 2010, end of discrimination with Jammu province workers and compensation to dead/handicapped workers. Jammu Province President, Shesh Kumar and Vice President, Sham Sharma also spoke on the occasion.
