Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, MAY, 10
PHE Employees United Front today expressed their views and sentiments of the thousands PHE Causal Workers who have been constantly struggling for their genuine and justifies unresolved demands for the last two decades. While addressing a press conference, the leaders of the front alleged that all the state govt. both previous and present have absolutely failed to address the grievances of the poor PHE Workers those who have rendered more then 20- years service to the department but their services could not be regularized despite of assurances as given to the workers time to time.
They said it is further expressed that the earned wages for the last 55- months could not be disbursed to workers and PHE authority has failed also to arrange month wise wages for the workers also.
The workers were hoping that the Governor of J&K State will pay proper attention towards the demands of the workers but the delaying tactics policy likewise the successive governments is still continuing, they added.
They informed that on 25th and 26th of March 2019 the PHE Employees and workers observed KAM CHHOR HARTAL in Jammu region and sensing the pressure of the struggling employees the Stat Govt. responded the leader ship of the employees positively and appointed the worthy Commissioner Secretary PHE I & FC department for negotiation with the leadership of the employees and after negotiation the Commissioner/Secretary assured the employees to solve all the pending genuine issues shortly and in phase manner.
The leadership of the employees has alleged that the direction and instruction which have been issued from the office of Commissioner/ Secretary of Govt. PHE I&FC Deptt regarding time bound completion of service records of the workers have not being followed sincerely and properly. The presidium of the PHE Employees United Front urged to the worthy Commissioner/Secretary to Govt, PHE I&FC Department to issue fresh guidelines to the Chief Engineers PHE Department Jammu and his subordinate Officers for early completion of the files of casual workers and others.
