ICDS supervisors seek release of salary ahead of Eid, Baisakhi

Kupwara, Apr 6: Supervisors working under the Social Welfare Department’s Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday appealed to the Lieutenant Governor (LG) administration to release their salary ahead of Eid and Baisakhi so that they can celebrate these festivals with their families without financial hardships.

They expressed strong resentment against authorities for failing to delink their salaries from the last four months, thus making them suffer.

The aggrieved employees said that despite being regular employees they were unable to figure out why salary was not being released to them on a monthly basis. They alleged that every time they have to seek media intervention to delink their salary.

They said that even after working tirelessly in the department, they were still deprived of their hard earned wages.

JKICDS Supervisors’ Union President Abida War told Greater Kashmir that hundreds of supervisors across Jammu and Kashmir have been suffering badly due to delay in their salary.

She demanded that in order to streamline their salary, authorities should provide them remuneration from the UT budget. She said that the present dispensation must take some concrete steps in this regard so that the salary is provided to them regularly.

The employees have appealed to the concerned authorities to release their salary ahead of Eid and Baisakhi. They have sought immediate intervention of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to take a strong call on this issue, so that the employees may not suffer further.