Coimbatore Corporation faces challenges in reassigning conservancy workers based on area requirements

The Coimbatore Corporation is facing challenges successful reassigning conservancy workers arsenic per country requirements.

Councillors person urged the Corporation to reassign workers engaged successful door-to-door garbage postulation and drain cleaning based connected workload, pointing retired that immoderate areas person much workers than needed portion others look a shortage.

“Councillors person received galore complaints astir discarded not being cleared. Since garbage postulation is managed by a backstage company, it should substitute workers who are absent and mobilise further unit wherever garbage procreation is high, but this is not being followed,” said East Zone president Ilakkumi Izhamselvi Karthik.

“Due to absenteeism, imperishable workers assigned for drain cleaning are being deployed for door-to-door discarded collection, which affects drain cleaning successful definite areas. Earlier, a survey was expected to beryllium conducted street-wise to measure manpower distribution, but I americium not alert of its existent status,” she added.

According to Corporation data, determination are 1,890 imperishable workers, 3,400 declaration workers, 1,209 home breeding checkers (DBC), 614 garbage motortruck drivers, and 31 sewage lorry drivers.

Corporation Commissioner M. Sivaguru Prabakaran said a abstracted survey was not required, arsenic workers are transferred betwixt areas whenever the request arises.

“Recently, we transferred astir 80 workers for drain cleaning from the Central Zone to the West, but lone 50% agreed to move, citing assorted reasons. Notices person been issued to those who did not report. Managing specified transfers stay a challenge, arsenic galore workers are reluctant to move. As for declaration workers, absenteeism is the work of the contracted company, and nary survey is required for that,” helium said.