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.
Sanitation workers were suffocated to death while working, as they allegedly were not wearing any safety equipment.
Earlier this month, seven people including four sanitation workers died of suffocation while cleaning a hotel’s septic tank in Fartikui village of Gujarat’s Vadodara.
Meanwhile, the Gujarat government has announced financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to the kin of the deceased and directed the police to take strict action against the hotel owner.
Accompanied by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the PM was seen performing the aarti and the ceremonial puja on the occasion.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday asked Urban Development Minister Satyendra Jain to direct local bodies to regularise the services…
