Forest Workers Union stage dharna in Garhshankar over job regularisation

The Forest Workers Union staged a dharna in front of the Forest division office Shaheed Bhagat Singh at Garhshankar under the leadership of State President Amrik Singh.

Sharing details about the protest, Divisional President Kewal Krishna said that despite holding several meetings with the Forest Minister and Finance Minister of Punjab regarding the demands of temporary employees serving in the Forest and Wildlife Department, not a single demand has been fulfilled.

The organisation stated that during the previous Akali and Congress governments, forest workers were regularised without any conditions. However, the present Aam Aadmi Party government is now imposing conditions for making temporary employees permanent.

During the dharna, the union raised demands for the unconditional regularisation of temporary employees, initiation of new works and proper care of trees and animals. Dharna was addressed by State President Amrik Singh, Vice-President Jaswinder Singh, Jagdish Singh, Shamsher Singh, Harmesh Lal, Pawan Kumar, Ajmer Singh, Dilbag Singh, Inderjit Singh, Gopi Ram, Gurdeep Singh, Paramjit, Kamaljit, among others.