Pensioners to be part of Jan 8 chakka jam

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, January 6

The Punjab Pensioners Welfare Association has declared that its members will participate in the chakka jam, against the state government on the Ludhiana Jalandhar National Highway, at the Ladhowal Toll Plaza, on January 8. The Punjab Pensioners Welfare Association met at the Vishwakarma Mandir at Nawanshahr.

Members of the union termed the government’s failure to launch the revised pay commission report as an act of dupery. They said the government, instead of paying the 125% DA due on January 2016, termed the 113% DA as interim relief. They said neither DA nor pending DA dues were being paid on the Centre patterns.

They said the Punjab UT Employees and the Pensioners Front would ensure a wholehearted support to the gathering during the chakka jam on January 8 on the Ludhiana-Jalandhar National Highway at Ladhowal Toll Plaza.