JK employees detained for staging protest outside CM residence

Srinagar, Aug 19 (PTI) Hundreds of Jammu and Kashmir
government employees were today detained as they tried to
march toward Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's residence to stage
a demonstration in support of their demands including
regularisation of daily-wage and casual workers.
The employees of Public Health Engineering (PHE)
department marched towards the high security Gupkar residence
of the Chief Minister, officials said.
As the protesting employees reached Sonwar, the police
asked them to disperse but they insisted on going ahead with
the demonstration, following which fifteen of them were
detained.
The protest call was given by Kashmir PHE Joint Employees
Association in support of its demand for regularisation of
daily wage workers, casual labourers and need-based workers.
They also demanded their pending salaries be released and paid
regularly.
The employees have been frequently holding protest
demonstrations in support of their demands. Over the past
several months, the employees staged various demonstrations
and sit-ins in support of their demands.
They have threatened to gherao the residences of ministers
in their respective constituencies if their demands were not
met immediately.