Release salaries of NHM employees: Tarigami

Srinagar, Feb 09: Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and MLA Kulgam, Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami on Sunday urged the authorities to release the pending salaries of National Health Mission (NHM) employees without any further delay, saying they deserve their rightful wages.
Tarigami in a statement issued here said that NHM employees are performing their duties rightfully and should not be made to wait for their salaries. “We have been informed that they have not received their salaries for the past two months. It is unjust to let them suffer like this. We urge the authorities to release their pending wages immediately and ensure their families do not face financial hardships,” he said.
The concerned authorities must release their salaries without any further delay, he added.
The MLA Kulgam said, “ASHAs working under NHM perform a wide range of tasks, but unfortunately, they are not being paid any regular remunerations; instead are being forced to work on meagre incentives.”
The CPI(M) leader said the government must take steps for regularization and should frame a transfer policy for NHM employees and release the enhanced incentive to ASHAs.