CHANDIGARH: Punjab Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema, who chairs the Cabinet Subcommittee constituted to address employee grievances, today held a series of meetings with various unions of the Department of Local Government. Local Government Minister Dr. Ravjot Singh joined him in the deliberations, which lasted over three hours.
During the meetings, Finance Minister Cheema attentively listened to the concerns of representatives from the Safaee Mazdoor Federation Sewerman Union, Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Board Outsourced Worker Union, Municipal Mulazam Action Committee, Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Employees Contractor Workers Union, Punjab Safai Mazdoor Federation, Punjab Fire Sewerman Kachhe Mulazam Union (Contract), and Fire Sewerman Kachhe Mulazam Union (Outsource). Senior officials including Additional Chief Secretary Finance Alok Shekhar, Additional Chief Secretary Local Government Tejveer Singh, CEO PMIDC Deepti Uppal, and Additional Secretary Personnel Navjot Kaur were also present to facilitate the dialogue.
Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema directed the Local Government department to prepare a comprehensive proposal to address the primary issues and legitimate demands raised by these employee unions, with the aim of resolving them expeditiously. He further instructed the department to explore extending group insurance coverage to these employees. Assuring the union representatives, Finance Minister Cheema reiterated the Bhagwant Singh Mann-led Punjab Government's unwavering commitment to finding amicable solutions for all their rightful demands.
During the discussion, representatives including Raja Hans, Naresh Kumar, and Juginderpal from Safaee Mazdoor Federation Sewerman Union; Gurdev Singh, Baldev Singh, and Amit Kumar from Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Board Outsourced Worker Union; Gopal Thapar and Kulwant Singh Saini from Municipal Mulazam Action Committee; Sher Singh Khanna and Gagandeep Singh from Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Employees Contractor Workers Union; Vinod Bitta, Surinder Tona, and Pawan Godyal from Punjab Safai Mazdoor Federation; Sobha Singh and Sahib Singh from Punjab Fire Sewerman Kachhe Mulazam Union (Contract); and Amanjot Singh Punjab from Fire Sewerman Kachhe Mulazam Union (Outsource) raised their demands with Cabinet-subcommittee for consideration.