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JAMMU: Government teachers and workers of public health engineering (PHE) and power development department (PDD) on Monday staged separate protests over their demands, including release of pending salaries, officials said. “We are on strike since September 7 and were assured by the governor-led administration that our genuine demands would be met. On the other side, an agitating group of teachers assembled under the banner of Rahbar-e-Taleem Teachers Forum at Exhibition Ground and charged the government of going back on its promise of releasing their salaries under the seventh pay commission.“We ended our strike after the governor-led administration assured that we will get salaries under seventh pay commission. Hundreds of striking PHE workers took out a rally from chief engineer's office on B C Road to civil secretariat, but were stopped by police midway, the officials said.They were shouting slogans in support of their demands, including release of pending salaries and regularisation of their services. He threatened to intensify the agitation if they were ignored in the budget..