Jammu: Government offices in Jammu and
Kashmir were on Wednesday partially hit by the five-day long
employees strike announced by the Joint Consultative Committee
(JCC) demanding increase in retirement age among others.
"The strike has been partial as has affected 40 to 50
per cent of the working of the government offices in the
state", senior officials said as the strike entered its second
day today and is scheduled to end on Saturday.
The strike has affected work at various hospitals,
education institutes, government offices and Public Service
Undertakings (PSUs) in the state.
The strike has been called by the JCC to demand release
of Pay Commission Arrears, increase in retirement age,
enhancement of wages of daily rated, temporary, adhoc and
contractual employees, enhancement of 20 percent house rent
allowance, removal of pay anomalies and conversion of COLA
into DA.
Two leaders - Mohmmad Ashraf and Bhopinder Singh, who
announced fast untill death, were shifted by the police from
the venue to hospital, they said.
"We will take out a massive rally on March 13. If the
Government fails to respond to this strike, employees would be
forced to announce indefinite strike in J&K", JCC leader Abdul
Qayoom told reporters here today.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 14:22