Srinagar, March 11 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government has dismissed three workers of the Jal Shakti department over their alleged involvement in "anti-national and subversive activities", officials said on Tuesday.

Among the three workers, two hailed from Kishtwar district in Jammu, while one belonged to south Kashmir's Anantnag district.

They were identified as Liyaqat Ali Bhagwan, a resident of Bhagwan Mohalla Huller in Kishtwar; Kousar Hussain Bhagwan, son of Mohammad Akbar Bhagwan and a resident of Hunjala in Kishtwar, and Showkat Ahmad Zargar, a resident of Iqbal Mohalla Bijbehara in Anantnag.

According to the dismissal order issued by Shaleen Kabra, the Financial Commissioner of Jal Shakti department, Liyaqat was working as a ne...