A number of government teachers staged a demonstration demanding that their pending wages are released soon, here in Ramban on Tuesday.
The teachers assembled outsidethe District Development Commissioner’s office and raised slogans in favour oftheir demand.
They said, “Our wages continue toremain pending since the past six months. We continue to reel under severefinancial crisis, but the government seems unbothered.”
They claimed that they haverepeatedly approached the concerned authorities, including the Director ofSchool Education, Jammu, and Advisor to the Governor, but “nothing has beendone yet”.
“On one hand, the local teacherswho have been attached or posted in Jammu are receiving their salaries on time,while on the other we are being made to suffer,” they alleged.
They threatened to intensifytheir agitation if their demand is not met at an earliest. “We will boycott theexamination duties as well, if the need arises,” they maintained.