Jahangeer Ganaie
Srinagar, Nov 23: Hundreds of permanent and temporary daily labourers of Power Development Department continue to stage protests in different areas and press in favour of long pending demands.
Hundreds of PDL/TDL workers protested in Srinagar, PDD circle Bijbehara in Anantnag district and raised slogans in favour of their demands.
The protesters said that it is only PDL and TDL workers who are climbing on poles even during snowfall and ensuring power supply to the whole J&K and mostly daily wagers get killed due to electrocution while repairing wires.
Adheer Wani, spokesperson PDL/TDL, said that despite working day and night, their files have been lying in secretariat since last year but due to unknown reasons permanent orders aren’t being issued.
Wani said that some files are still lying in division offices and aren’t being forwarded to higher ups due to unknown reasons.
“DPC files have been completed three years but are still lying either in offices of executive engineers or chief engineer. No permanent orders are being issued in this regard,” Wani said.
He said that higher authorities are deliberately delaying our issues which include issuance of regularization orders, submission of pending files to those who have already completed five years and release of pending wages.
“If our demands aren’t fulfilled immediately, they will go on indefinite strike. It is a do or die situation for us and till fruitful results won’t come forward, we won’t end our protest,” Wani said.
He said that government must issue regularization orders in favour of employees whose DPC files have been completed, pending wages must be released, wages of NOKs of deceased workers must be released, pending files must be forwarded to higher ups and compensation must be given to the persons who have died in line of duty and SRO 43 must be implemented in their favour.
PDL/TDL workers again requested LG Manoj Sinha to look into the matter personally on humanitarian grounds.
