Jammu Tawi, Sept. 11 -- The 72-hour strike by National Health Mission (NHM) employees continued across Jammu and Kashmir for the second consecutive day on Thursday, with employees staging protests at district, block and field-level health establishments over their long-pending demands, including pay parity, job security and social protection.
According to the details available, the strike, called by the UT-level Joint Coordination Committee of NHM employees, has brought together workers associated with various NHM programmes, including the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP), across both Jammu and Kashmir divisions. Reports from different parts of the Union Territory indicated participation of employees at multiple health in...