PERNEM
A daily wage worker of Pernem Municipal Council (PMC) on Friday withdrew his ‘dharna' after the council chairperson Usha Nagvekar assured to pay his salary on Monday.
The PMC had engaged some daily wage workers at the fire brigade to help to cut trees and carry out other minor works and wages to these workers were paid by the municipal council and the amount was paid to PMC through the Disaster Management Fund.
Some daily wage workers were reportedly not paid and one of them was Uday Chari, who started his ‘dharna' in front of the municipal council office on Friday.
PMC chairperson Usha Nagvekar along with Vice Chairperson Deepak Mandrekar and Chief Officer Goutami Parmekar met Chari and assured to pay his wages on Monday. Later, Chari withdrew the ‘dharna'.
