GUWAHATI: Aadhaar card enrolment process is set to come to a halt in Kamrup (Metro) and the rural district as the employees are planning to go on a strike due to non-payment of salary.
“I have been working with Sri Balaji Constructions since October 10 last year. I was given the centre at Rangia. However, for the month of October I was only paid an incomplete salary of Rs 4000 for the entire month,” an Aadhaar supervisor, Dharmeshwar Boro told G Plus.
Sri Balaji Constructions was given the contract to carry out Aadhaar enrolment works in Kamrup (Metro) and rural districts. The company is responsible for enrolment at 400 centres in both districts.
He added that they have not been paid a single rupee for the past three months. Further, the employees have alleged that they are yet to even receive their appointment letters.
Boro said that his work involves collecting biometric, demographic data for Aadhaar card and forwarding it to Unique identifying Authority of India (UIDAI).
“Today we had come to talk to officials at Sri Balaji Constructions, but we did not receive any satisfactory response to us and are giving us only false promises saying that they are processing our salaries,” said another employee at Balaji Constructions.
Giving an ultimatum to the management, the employees said that if they are not paid their salary soon, they will stop working and will also not allow any new employees to work too.
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