First day of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Meeting in Srinagar, on Thursday, October 23, 2025. Picture Credit score: Imran Nissar
A whole bunch of day by day wage staff of the Jal Shakti division staged a protest right here on Thursday (October 23, 2025), demanding the federal government launch the report of the committee arrange by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on the regularization of their providers.
The PHE Staff United Entrance, Jammu, urged the Chief Minister to desk the committee report within the Meeting.
The employees’ physique additionally threatened to carry an aggressive protest on October 27 if their calls for will not be met, asserting that day by day wagers have been struggling for over twenty years for the regularization of their providers.
Amid slogans of “We wish justice”, the employees held a dharna demonstration on the Jal Shakti workplace within the metropolis on the primary day of the autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Meeting.
The day by day wage workers stated they might proceed their protest for regularization and implementation of the Minimal Wages Act.
“Now we have held protests for over 1,200 days, however the authorities has failed to meet our demand for the regularisation of day by day wagers. On the primary day of the Meeting session, we wish to remind the federal government about our demand and search the destiny of the committee report,” PHE Staff United Entrance (Jammu Province) chief Ravi Hans advised reporters.
He stated, in the course of the earlier Meeting session, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had arrange a committee on the regularization of day by day wagers.
“Once we have been on the roads over the past session, the committee was introduced by the Chief Minister, and a interval of six months was given to it to desk the report. It was to be submitted by September 19, however until now, we have no idea the destiny of the report,” he stated.
The employees’ physique demanded that the federal government desk the report in the course of the present session. “If the federal government fails to desk the report within the Meeting, the entrance will maintain an aggressive protest on October 27,” he warned.
On March 19, the Jammu and Kashmir authorities constituted a six-member committee to look at points associated to the regularization of day by day wage staff within the Union territory.
Mr. Abdullah had introduced the formation of the committee within the Meeting, saying {that a} roadmap could be ready for presentation within the subsequent finances session.
The committee, headed by the chief secretary, was tasked to look at numerous points, together with humanitarian, authorized, and monetary facets associated to the regularization of informal, seasonal labourers, and different staff in Jammu and Kashmir, and to counsel measures.
There are an estimated 67,000 day by day wage staff in numerous departments throughout Jammu and Kashmir.
Revealed – October 23, 2025 04:38 pm IST