Safai sewaks go on two-day strike in Tarn Taran, Patti, Bhikhiwind, Khemkaran

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, November 12

Safai sewaks of Tarn Taran, Patti, Bhikhiwind and Khemkaran went on a two-day strike from Friday on the call given by the the Safai Sewak Union.

Sewer men and Class IV employees of the local self government institutions too went on the strike.

As a result, sanitation work got badly affected in the cities and towns of the district.

The striking employees staged dharnas in their respective headquarters the entire day.

Romesh Kumar Shergill, state leader, while addressing the protesting safai sewaks and others here on Friday condemned the state government for not regularising the services of the eligible safai sewaks and other Class IV employees as was assured to them four months back.

The leaders said about four months back, at the time of table-talk with the representatives of the state government; they were assured of being regularised. He said four months had passed, but nothing positive had been done by the government to implement their demands.

He said other demands of the employees include the removal of the discrepancies in the Sixth Pay Commission report, releasing of all dearness installments and the arrears of these installments, closing of the contractual system, revival of the old pension scheme, etc. Dharnas were also organised in Patti, Bhikhiwind and Khemkanran.