Demanding appraisals in their job profiles and pay hikes, the employees of Peyjal Nigam started protest on Thursday. The workers have threatened to hold dharna outside CM house as well if their demands are not met.
Abandoning work on Thursday, tens of workers of clerical cadre of Peyjal Nigam have begun their strike for three days. Speaking to The Pioneer, a Peyjal Nigam employee Yatin lal said, "We have raised our demands, including pay hikes and appraisals, which have been long overdue before the senior officials. If our demands are not met in three days, we would sit outside the Chief Minister's house to be followed by two days’ hunger strike outside Rajbhawan. From December 8 to 11, the offices would be locked."
Their charter of demands include unification of the Jal Nigam and Jal Sansthan and giving the employees of the Nigam the status of the government employees. This might cripple the development works being done under these departments and also affect the drinking water supply and functioning of STP’s, apprehend the observers.
Meanwhile, the contractual workers of Nagar Nigam also continued their indefinite protest on Thursday, demanding regularization and appraisal and staged dharna in the Nagar Nigam premises.