Srinagar , July 17: Daily wagers and casual labourers under the banner of Kashmir PHE Joint Employees Association staged a strong protest at Press Enclave Srinagar and blamed the Chief Engineer PHE of suppressing their genuine demands.They were holding placards in their hands with slogans such as Do justice with temporary employees, remove chief engineer, save PHE, stop suppressing the voice of poor employees.The protesting employees accused the Chief Engineer PHE of suppression and said that the Chief Engineer wanted to turn the Daily Wagers and casual labourers into a scapegoat to cover up his incompetence and failure.“By withholding the due salaries of the temporary employees and trapping the oppressed employees in baseless cases, he is trying to provoke the Daily Wagers and Casual Labours to take to the streets so that the real issue that governments attention could be diverted from incompetence of the Chief Engineer” Sameer Ahmad, one of casual labours said.“It is unfortunate and we strongly condemn it” he added.He added that the Chief Engineer, under a planned conspiracy, violated the Government Order and the orders of the Supreme Court and misused his position to benefit the blue eyed persons.The protesting employees demanded the government to replace such unscrupulous officers to save the PHE department and the poor Daily Wagers and Casual Labours and they demanded to form a high level committee to unveil all the facts and bring them to the notice of the people.
