Jharkhand: Unpaid for nine months, Pakur forest range workers hold protest
The wage issue assumes significance as the Jharkhand government recently brought labour reforms in the unorganised sector and workers engaged in projects of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) were paid in full and on time. Updated: December 15, 2020 11:58:01 pm
The workers said they live hand-to-mouth and have little option but to survive on loans. (Express photo)
Ram Hansda, a 32-year-old labourer from Durgapur in Pakur district of Jharkhand, had pinned his hopes of getting unpaid wages over nine months on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed at Jharkhand High Court.
Jharkhand: Not paid for 9 months, 250 forest labourers in Pakur move court
Their hopes now hinge on a Public Interest Litigation filed in the High Court seeking its intervention to get the Rs 10 lakh these labourers are owed. The HC is yet to issue a notice on this issue. December 16, 2020 1:58:31 am
Nijjar was arrested at the Delhi airport on Tuesday in connection with a case filed in 2019. (Representational)
Around 250 labourers who were employed for manual upkeep of a forest in one range of the Pakur Forest Division in Jharkhand say they have not been paid wages for over nine months despite bringing the matter to the attention of authorities several times. Some of these workers held a protest outside the Pakur Division Forest Office Tuesday demanding wages.