Staff block highway over pay panel row

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Updated At : 11:38 AM Oct 17, 2021 IST

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Morinda, October 16

Members of the Punjab and UT Employees and Pensioners’ Joint Front staged a protest against the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission here today. The protesters, who started reaching at Chunni Chowk here since morning, initially held a rally and

later blocked the Chandigarh-Ludhiana road.

Demanding amendments and resolution of their long-pending issues, they said the commission was full of ambiguous recommendations and the state government had turned a blind eye to their issues.

Instead of increasing remuneration, the government had planned to impose salary cuts through the commission, they said. At 3.15 pm, the protesters cleared the road after they were assured of a meeting

with the Chief Minister on October 21 in this regard. — TNS

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