Sopore Jan 21 (KNS): Senior Vice President J&K Peoples Conference and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil today visited several villages of Rafiabad and Sopore including Botingoo, Sher Colony, Drusoo, Tarzoowa and Bomai. During his visit Vakil interacted with several delegation of Dailywagers and Casual labourers.
Vakil expressed serious concern over the plight of Dailywagers and Casual labourers who have been working tirelessly to make essential departments functional but nobody is ready to resolve their grievances.
Abdul Gani Vakil stressed on the LG Administration to take immediate steps to regularize daily wagers, casual laborers, and other classes of appointees working in different departments on an ad hoc and contractual basis. He said the LG. Admin. needs to come up with a comprehensive plan to mitigate the sufferings of daily wage workers, casual laborers, anganwari workers and helpers.
He said that it is unfortunate that, despite repeated assurances by the current LG administration and past governments to regularize daily wagers and contractual employees, anganwari and helpers no concrete policy decision has been made till today. It is the responsibility of the administration to rehabilitate them by restoring their livelihoods, as they are making their ends meet on daily earnings. Daily Wagers serve the people day and night, virtually making the departments functional, but it is unfortunate that these people have been left in the lurch.” Vakil added.
Vakil also demanded an insurance policy for daily wagers, especially for those working in the Power Development Department and said that a number of daily wagers of PDD have lost their lives, and some became prey to having permanent injuries, while thousands are having minor to medium-scale injuries due to electric shocks received while performing their duties diligently, but it is unfortunate that there is no insurance policy or any government scheme that can rehabilitate these affected families of daily wagers who are left with nothing.(KNS)