India, Sept. 10 -- A large number of Kashmiri Pandit employees appointed under the Prime Minister's Package assembled at Press Colony in Srinagar on Wednesday, demanding an immediate end to the long delay in providing secure transit accommodation in the Valley. They have set September 30 as their deadline and warned that they will begin an indefinite protest and hunger strike from October 1 if the demand is not met.

The demonstration came amid fresh threat letters targeting employees recruited under the rehabilitation and employment package.

Several Kashmiri Pandit employees, gathered in the Press Colony, said many of them have been serving in Kashmir for years while still living in rented rooms because completed transit flats have not ...