Jammu, March 21 -- Jammu Police on Friday resorted to mild lathi charge and foiled the march of protesting PHE daily wagers to the Chief Minister residence here.

The daily wagers on March 10 during a protest had announced three-day strike and suspension of water supply from March 20.

The daily wagers are protesting over no mention about their regularization and considering their demands in the recent budget of Jammu and Kashmir government presented by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the Legislative Assembly.

Shouting anti-govt slogans and "stop exploitation", hundreds of PHE daily wagers this afternoon took out march under the banner of PHE Employees Union towards the Chief Minister's residence. Heavy deployment of Police prevented t...