After intervention of Saroori GREF laborers lift dharna at Kishtwar.

GREF laborers held protest against disengagement.

Kishtwar, December 27: - Disengaged GREF laborers today held a strong protest outside DC office Kishtwar and later sit on Dharna inside the DC Office Complex Kishtwar protesting against the disengagement from the job the GREF authorities executing construction work on Kishtwar-Sinthan-Srinagar National Highway. The agitating GREF workers demands incentives as per the laborer laws including final before being disengaged. As per the reports GREF officials at Kishtwar disengage nearly 1100 laborers from job who among them are working with the organization since last 18-20 years. The agitating laborers condemn their disengagement during winter season and termed the move of Commanding Officer 118 RCC GREF Kishtwar as inhuman. They said that with disengaging, their family members were at the verge of starvation and threaten to lodge an agitation in case their demands could not be meted out. The agitating laborer gives an ultimatum of one week to the GREF authorities to redress their grievances and in case of failure threaten to lodge an agitation.

They only lift the dharna after the intervention of former Minister and MLA Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori and also that from Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Saleem Mohammad Chowdhary. They assured them that they will take up the matter with the Labor minister as well as with honorable Chief Minister for viable solution to their genuine demands.