Srinagar, Feb. 11 -- Scores of daily wage labourers and contractual employees from government departments were detained by police in Srinagar on Monday during a protest seeking regularisation.

The employees, who attempting to gather at Press Colony in city centre Lal Chowk, were dispersed by police.

Protesters said some of them had been working for over two decades and yet, their jobs were not regularised.

"We are fed up with holding these protests day in and day out. We request the authorities to settle our issues. We are finding it difficult to take care of our families and are not able to pay for our parents' medicines or the school fees of our children," said one of the protesters.

He said that there are around 61,000 daily wage w...