As many as 1,034 Gram Rojgar Sevaks engaged by the State Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department have not been paid salaries for the past four months and their families are facing severe financial hardships. State Gram Rojgar Sevak Association president Shiv Raj Thakur said on Wednesday that the prolonged delay in salary disbursement had pushed the employees and their families into financial distress. They had made repeated representations to the department authorities but their pending salaries had not been released, he alleged. He appealed to Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu to intervene in the matter and ensure the immediate release of the pending salaries.