JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Sept 14: The NHM employees’ strike entered its sixth consecutive day across Jammu and Kashmir today, with the leadership deciding to extend the agitation for another 72 hours for the second time as the Government failed to give any concrete response to their long-pending demands.
Protests continued at District and Block Headquarters across Jammu Division under the leadership of Provincial President, All JKNHMEA Jammu Division, Dr Vikas Sharma, while employees in Kashmir Division participated under the leadership of Provincial President Kashmir Division Muneer Ahmed Andrabi and UT President NTEP J&K Musadiq Rafiq Parra.
The decision to further extend the strike was taken by the NHM employees’ leadership today in view of the absence of any response from the Government on their demands.
The employees had earlier extended the agitation for another 72 hours after the initial strike period ended.
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