Kupwara, April 2: Scores of contractors affiliated with Lolab Contractors Affiliation Tuesday staged a peaceable protest at Sogam in opposition to the involved authorities for failing to launch their funds.
The protesting contractors mentioned that they have been anticipating launch of their funds earlier than thirty first March however that didn’t occur, leaving them in agony.
“The present monetary yr has ended and the payments raised in opposition to varied growth works are mendacity in Sogam Treasury. Don’t know why our payments weren’t cleared,” mentioned a protestor.
“We now have taken loans from banks and most significantly fee of labourers and suppliers is mendacity with us. We had promised them fee following the discharge of ours,” he added.
They mentioned that they’ve determined to boycott new tenders and even work on ongoing initiatives could be stopped except their pending funds will not be launched.
They appealed to involved authorities to launch their funds forward of Eid in order that their households may also rejoice Eid together with others.
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