Tarsem Peter, president of Pendu Mazdoor Union Punjab, said that they will raise the matter with the government, which has allocated a substantial amount for relief work, to provide travel expenses for the underprivileged.
While MGNREGA workers have been assigned the task of filling sandbags in all blocks of Jalandhar, many of them requested the government to cover their travel expenses if they need to travel beyond 5 km.
Demanding reconstruction of the houses that were demolished by the Jalandhar Improvement Trust (JIT) on December 9 and compensation for the affected families, a large number of farmers, women members of the Istri Jagriti Manch, residents and students took out a massive march in the city today.
After struggling for hours to prevent labourers from marching towards the residence of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann in Dreamland Colony on Patiala road here, police on Wednesday allegedly cane-charged the protesters to disperse them.
Members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy on Friday held a protest against the non-release of Sikh prisoners who had completed their sentences and imprisonment of political prisoners, intellectuals, writers, journalists and activists in false cases. Leaders held a prot