 Early Times Report
Jammu, June 18: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday announced that 22,500 youth from 4290 panchayats will be engaged in youth clubs and Rs 12 crore will be spent on the initiative, however, J&K administration needs to be reminded that nearly 30 people who were working with JK Cements Limited for the past many years have been without salary for the past 28 months.
According to these employees of JK Cements, they have not received a single penny as salary since April 2019 and their office has remained closed for the past four months. “We don’t know whether we are on rolls or not,” they said.
A young widow of one such employee had taken to the stre Widow of deceased man stages silent protest, seeks pending wages of her late husband
Trade Union leader Tanveer Hussain said, “Everyday we hear that the J & K Government is creating new job opportunities for youth but the ground situation contradicts these claims. Even the ones who were earning their livelihoods have been rendered jobless. What jobs they will provide, they haven’t paid a single penny to these 30-employees for the past 28 months.” | 