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On the heels of protests against outsourcing of conservancy operations successful the city, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has cancelled the tender inviting backstage companies for garbage clearance successful Tondiarpet and Anna Nagar zones.
The tender was cancelled citing “administrative reasons/issues” and was done truthful arsenic the GCC was preparing to scrutinise method bids received from 4 companies. The tender was for cleaning and proscription of coagulated waste, including the thoroughfare sweeping of waste, which covers horticultural waste, with postulation and retention of home hazardous waste, successful the aforementioned zones.
The bids were received from the 4 companies connected November 28. After the cancellation, the GCC announced that a revised tender, focusing connected improving services successful Tondiarpet and Anna Nagar zones, and cleaning successful low-income neighbourhoods, parks, playgrounds, and crematoriums, would beryllium floated.
Currently, 868 imperishable workers and 1,147 self-help radical (SHG) workers are progressive successful conservancy operations successful Tondiarpet zone, portion 1,494 imperishable workers and 342 SHG workers are engaged successful Anna Nagar zone.
According to GCC officials, the revised tender is expected to see aspects that conscionable the aspirations of residents who demanded amended services. Officials claimed that they would besides survey the feasibility of expanding wages for the workers. Representatives of conservancy workers said they had opposed the determination to revise the tender to facilitate the outsourcing of conservancy operations successful these 2 zones.
“The protests against the outsourcing of conservancy operations person been going connected for 127 days. The announcement to revise the tender is against societal justness and equity. The workers request imperishable jobs. They beryllium to the Arunthathiyar, Adi Dravidar, MBC, and BC communities. They person been moving for 15 to 20 years,” said K. Barathi, president of Uzhaipor Urimai Iyakkam.
On Friday, conservancy workers volition instrumentality retired a rally adjacent the Ambattur Telephone Exchange against the outsourcing of operations. The GCC had already outsourced conservancy operations successful 11 zones, portion operations successful Royapuram and Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar zones were outsourced recently, starring to the protests.
