{"id":191729,"date":"2026-01-03T12:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T07:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=191729"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T07:41:11","slug":"daily-wagers-protest-in-iiojks-banihal-over-long-pending-demands-threaten-indefinite-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/01\/03\/daily-wagers-protest-in-iiojks-banihal-over-long-pending-demands-threaten-indefinite-strike.html","title":{"rendered":"Daily wagers protest in IIOJK\u2019s Banihal over long-pending demands, threaten indefinite strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jammu: Daily wagers working in the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department staged a protest demonstration in Banihal town of Ramban district, Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, demanding immediate attention to their long-pending issues, including regularization and proper wage distribution.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, the protest was organised under the banner of Bharat Mazdoor Sangh, with workers voicing frustration over the IIOJK authorities\u2019 indifference to their demands.<\/p>\n

The daily wagers also submitted memoranda to their respective Member of Legislative Assembly (MLAs), urging them to raise their issues on priority in the forthcoming Assembly session. This move followed directions from the IIOJK PHE Daily Wagers Association headquarters in Jammu, which had called on all PHE daily wagers to approach their local MLAs and press for a clear policy on regularization and other pending issues.<\/p>\n

Representatives of the protesting workers warned that if a regularisation policy is not framed and taken up in the upcoming Assembly session, all PHE daily wagers would resort to an indefinite strike.<\/p>\n

They further highlighted that several daily wagers have retired without receiving proper wages, while some lost their lives during service, yet no relief or assistance was provided. Expressing resentment, they said that while officials at higher positions at the government level swiftly approved hikes in their own salaries, the concerns of daily wagers continue to be ignored by them.<\/p>\n

This protest is the latest in a series of demonstrations against the occupation authorities\u2019 indifference towards the working class in IIOJK. The continued neglect of the basic rights of workers in the occupied territory is a reflection of anti-people policies enforced by the occupying administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jammu: Daily wagers working in the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department staged a protest demonstration in Banihal town of Ramban district, Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, demanding immediate attention to their long-pending issues, including regularization and proper wage distribution. According to Kashmir Media Service, the protest was organised under the banner of Bharat Mazdoor …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":191730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-protests"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t