JAMMU: The police resorted to lathi-charge on the daily wage workers and casual labourers of PHE / Jal Shakti Department when they were protesting in Gandhi Nagar on Monday.
Official sources said that a large number of PHE daily wagers led by Ravi Hans and other Union leaders, assembled near Gole Market Gandhinagar and then started moving towards BJP head office. They were shouting slogans in support of their demands.
Carrying banners and placards in hands, the protesting workers were demanding their regularization and release of pending wages. They alleged that the workers are facing exploitation. They are not being paid regularly while their families are facing starvation. Despite, assurance by the Lt Governor in presence of MP Jugal Kishore and BJP president Ravinder Raina last year, their issue was not resolved even after the passage of one year, despite the fact that they had sought three months time.
Hundreds of protesting PHE workers from various tehsils of Jammu, were suddenly stopped by a strong contingent of police led by SHO Gandhinagar and SP south when they had covered hardly 200 meters of distance. The police tried to stop them but amidst resistance, the policemen resorted to lathi-charge. A few workers sustained minor inquiries during police action. Then they started raising slogans against the LG’s Administration and BJP, besides its leaders.
