 Early Times Report
Kishtwar July 18: The work in Rural Development Department across the state has suffered badly due to ongoing strike of MGNREGA employees including GRS, Program Officers, Technical Assistants, Computer Operators, Junior Engineers and other supporting staff which enters 10th day today and is likely to continue as government is yet to accept the demand of regularization of their services and enhancement of salaries.
As per the details available with "Early Times", the angry employees of the MGNREGA today once again assembled in outside the office of Assistant Commissioner Development Kishtwar and raised slogans in support of their demands.
Bittu Kumar, President GRS Association Kishtwar while slamming the previous PDP-BJP government said that the previous government has money to enhance the salaries of poor legislators and ministers, but has no funds for regularization of their services. He said that last year the state government agreed upon various demands and even constitute a committee to look into the issue-the committee which has been asked to submit its report within two months, but the committee fails to submit the report even after 7-8 months. He said that the government even frame another committee which was asked to submit report in 15 days, but this committee again fail to submit its report and thus forces the 4500 MGNREGA employees to go on indefinite strike.
He said that the employees working under MGNREGA have been discharging all the duties like performing of election duty, Booth level officer, SBM, Aadhaar updation, baseline survey etc. as is being performed by the regular employees of the State Government and questioned the silence of government over the issue. They urged upon the governor Vohra to look into the issue and get the issue resolved once for all.
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