HDA workers demand salaries

Threaten sewage system shutdown if outstanding wages not paid by Wednesday

HYDERABAD:

The Hyderabad Development Authority (HDA) employees are  planning to stop the sewage system on Wednesday, January 31, in protest against the prolonged  non-payment of salaries and pensions.  During a meeting on Sunday, HDA Labour Union Chairman  Khalid Ansari, President Sajid  Taqi, and CBA Union General  Secretary Insaf Ali Lashari expressed concern over the dire   financial situation faced by the employees.

According to a statement issued after the meeting at the Central  CBA office, Latifabad, Hyderabad, participants discussed the seven   months’ outstanding salaries and pensions of sewerage employees   across all HDA sub-departments, including DG Office, Housing, PNDC, and WASA. The union officials and executive body members noted that the affected employees, amidst severe inflation, are facing financial hardship and ste to the inability to afford medical treatment, and cases of deaths resulting from the rupture of brain veins have been attrarvation.

Tragically, some workers have reportedly died duibuted to the   stress and depression among the workforce.  It was emphasized during the meeting that the prevailing administration of the HDA has failed to address the salary and   pension issues, exacerbating the suffering of its employees. The HDA labour union issued  a warning, stating that if the  salaries and pensions are not   promptly paid, they reserve the   right to shut down the entire  sewage system in the Hyderabad district on Wednesday,  January 31. The entire responsibility for the outcome of the closure will be placed on the HDA   administration. In a plea to the caretaker Sindh government, the union urged the immediate release of funds to the HDA to facilitate the prompt pay- ment of salaries and pensions