PHE workers raise pending demands

TURA: PHE muster roll workers from Garo Hills under the banner of the All Garo Hills Muster Roll Workers’ Association (AGHMRWA-PHE) have submitted a reminder of its earlier memorandum to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma urging him to look into their long pending demands.
The MR workers are demanding among others, the regularization of their services as per office memorandum of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (B) Department and the payment of their wages under the principle ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’, which they claim are not being maintained by the department.
The workers also sought the creation of new vacant posts for Plumber, Electrician, Peon, Chowkidar and others in every PHE Division and Sub-Division of Garo Hills as well as the regular (monthly) payment of their salaries. The workers said that at present, they are receiving their payments only after long gaps of 4 to 5 months which is proving difficult for them to maintain their families, and urged that their payments are released in time.