Udhampur:-Udhampur Police have detained protesting safai karamcharis including President of Safai Karamcharis Union when district Administration tried to lift the garbage, which was opposed by the sanitation workers who have been on strike in support of their demands.
The protesting safai karamcharis reached near Deputy Commissioner Office, Barrian on Dhar Road when the authorities tried to get the garbage in the city lifted in the presence of the police.The protesters surrounded the Dumper full of garbage to thwart the move of lifting garbage and sat on Dhar road to mark their Protest against lifting the garbage. After that Police detained some Sanitation workers along with their District President.
The Safai Karamchari’s (sanitation workers) have been on strike for the past 16 days in support of their demands, including regularization of long-term temporary workers, the reinstatement of the old pension scheme, resolution of cases under SRO 43, and the creation of new sanitation worker positions.As a result of the strike, heaps of garbage have piled up in several places across Udhampur.
