Release wages of casual, need based, adhoc, contractual workers: Tarigami

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Srinagar , 25 Jul 2014

Last updated on: Jul 25, 2014, 00:00 IST

CPI (M) state secretary and MLA, Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami has asked the government to release wages of the need based workers and casual labourers of various government departments forthwith. In a statement, Tarigami said, this hapless lot had been put to tremendous hardships despite toiling hard in pressing circumstances. Voicing concern over their plight, Tarigami urged upon the government to release the wages of these labourers on the auspicious day of Eid-ul-Fitr.“It was irony of sorts that these workers are not being paid even minimum wages.” He demanded safeguarding their service interests besides timely release of their remunerations. Recalling the government of its commitment made with the PDD daily wagers for release of their wages, Tarigami observed that it seems the present government believes in making deceptive commitments to buy time and avoid the crisis. “Otherwise, the government had said it has earmarked Rs 6 crores to pay wages of these causal labourers who are waiting for their dues for the last many years. But till date nothing has happened in this regard. No dues have been paid to these causal labourers who have no other means to feed their families,” he opined. (KNS)