Srinagar, March 26 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday appealed to daily-wage workers to end their strike which has triggered a water crisis in the Union territory, and urged them to raise their grievances with the panel set up to address them.
Seeking talks between the government and the protesters, BJP MLAs walked out from the J&K Assembly after a half-hour-long ruckus over the issue, with opposition and treasury benches trading charges against each other.
Scores of Jal Shakti (PHE) department workers and daily-wagers were baton-charged by police during protests on Friday, Saturday and Monday and detained in Jammu as they marched towards the assembly, the CM's residence, and the civil secretariat, demanding the release of their w...