Contract workers of the Comprehensive Protected Water Supply (CPWS) scheme in four different schemes in Anantapur district have announced the complete shutdown of the drinking water supply system in the district from midnight on Sunday following the failure of talks between Joint Action Committee or workers’ unions and Rural Water Supply authorities seeking wages and payment of Provident Fund dues.
About of couple of thousands of contract works in all the drinking water schemes had been agitating for the past one year at regular intervals demanding salary dues, which were later cleared by the contractors. However, the Provident Fund amount deducted from them and the contractors’ contribution was not paid into their accounts for 28 months.
The union leaders alleged that the staff in Kanaganapalli were not paid salaries for 14 months, while Sathya Sai Drinking Water Scheme workers’ salary was due for four months, and for those at Rapthadu Scheme did not receive salary for eight months
