Hundreds of sanitation workers of the Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC), covering all 106 wards, have been on strike for eight consecutive days, demanding higher wages and other benefits.
According to sources here on Monday, intelligence inputs suggest that some Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators may be working under the guise of municipal sanitation workers.
In a tragic reminder of the dangers faced by municipal workers, a speeding bus carrying a marriage party mowed down three sanitation workers near the Pooja Talkies stretch in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand.
He highlighted its grandeur, divinity, Sanatan heritage, cleanliness, and seamless public management, earning national and global praise.
Speaking as the Chief Guest at a programme organised by Samast Anusuchit Jati Samaj at Panchkula, the CM also announced an annual allowance of Rs 2000 for equipment used in sanitation work and Rs 1000 as washing allowance.
Following death of three sanitation workers in a lift collapse incident in Delhi's Naraina area, AAP MLA assured transparent investigation.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed grief over the incident and directed the district administration to provide all possible assistance to the family of the victims.
The MCs of North, South and East Delhi have witnessed a shortage of sanitation workers ever since the lockdown.
An official of a housing society in Govandi area in Mumbai was arrested in connection with the death of three labourers while cleaning a septic tank in the residential high-rise on Tuesday
According to data available with the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) 50 workers have died cleaning sewers in the first six months of 2019.
