Protest Dharna by PAU Retirees Association

Ludhiana, June 24, 2016: PAU Retirees' Welfare Association (Regd.) held a mammoth Protest Dharna in front of Thapar Hall under the presidentship of Jila Ram Bansal on Friday. More than 125 retirees took part inspite of scorching heat and odd weather conditions.
Prominent among the speakers were Chairman DP Maur, General Secretary Satish Sood, AS Cheema, Paramjit Gill, Gulzar Pandher, Manjit Mehram, MR Passi. This is the consecutively Fourth Protest Dharna during the last 3 months for the non-payment of Leave Travelling Allowance for July 2015, January 2016, non-availability of medicines in PAU Hospital, non-payment of 23 months ADA arrears, no provision of LTA for the retirees who opted CPF, an Ayurvedic Dispensary of the Health Department of Govt. of Punjab.
It is pertinent that all the Pensioners' Associations of PAU are in a dialogue to start a common agitation from the month of July 2016. If the joint venture could not be possible, then only this Association will continuously hold Dharnas w.e.f. 01.07.2016 and on 11.07.2016 and there will be a mammoth Protest March, Protest Rally and a Vishal Protest Dharna in front of Thapar Hall.
In this Dharna HBS Bhatia, SS Sharma, Labh Singh, Jagga Singh Doabia, Gurmukh Singh, TS Sangra, Joginder Ram, Birbal, Iqbal Singh, RS Rangeela, Munni Lal, Vidhu Sharma, Anoop Singh, Parmjit Narula, Mrs. Sapat Kala, Mrs. Sita Devi, Bhagwant Singh, Kamlesh Chander, Nitya Nand were present.