MT News Service
Jammu, November 20:
Today emergency meeting held at Directorate of Agriculture Krishi Bhawan Talab Tillo Jammu more than hundred casual and daily workers of Agriculture Department under the banner of J&K Agriculture workers & casual labour union for pressing their old demand of their service regularization which is pending since last more than 23 years.
The members of casual and daily wage workers of Jammu province of Agriculture Department today assembled in the compounds of directorate of agriculture Jammu Krishi Bhawan, Talab Tillo Jammu which houses the office of Director Agriculture Jammu.
The casual and daily workers of the department said that they have been deprived of their fundamental rights of minimum wages and honorable living along with their dependent family members since last more than two decades. Their children have been deprived of good education in private schools. Their dependent old age parents could not be provided medical facilities owing to their financial constrains due to non regularization of their services. In the modern times when a kg of raw rice is costing around Rs. 100/- and a kg of wheat floor is being sold at Rs. 40/- the daily and casual workers of Agriculture department have been engaged by the department at a monthly wages of Rs. 6,500/- since last more than two decades.
The casual workers were demanding early regularization of their services when they have exhausted their golden youthful years of their life towards the services of Agriculture department and at this age now they are being deprived of their right to life with meager monthly emoluments of Rs. 6500/-.
Meeting address lead by JKAWCLU President Devinder Singh Bittu, vice president Sh. Gyan Chand, General secretary Tilak Raj, Kulbhushan Kumar convener and other office bearers of the workers union. Scores of union members who participated in the emergency had come from the surrounding districts of Jammu Division. While adhering to Covid-19 SOPs dharna protest was held with proper social distancing and wearing of face masks by the participants.
