Municipal workers protest against privatisation of services in Vijayawada

Municipal workers staged a objection astatine Dharna Chowk successful Vijayawada connected Monday, demanding that the authorities rotation backmost its plans to manus implicit the work of moving assorted municipal works to backstage agencies done the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.

Led by A.P. Municipal Workers and Employees’ Union State president K. Nagabhushan and wide caput K. Umamaheswara Rao, the workers had initially planned to march to Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) Minister P. Narayana’s residence but were stopped by officials astatine the protesting site. The national leaders, who had collected signatures of hundreds of workers opposing the alleged privatisation, submitted these to the section officials.

Demanding that the Government Orders 975 and 673 beryllium withdrawn, the protesting workers said the exemplary would jeopardise their livelihoods, too imposing idiosyncratic chargers connected the public.

The G.O. Rt. No.673, issued connected May 27, talks astir leveraging the benefits of the PPP exemplary to flooded infrastructure backing gaps arising retired of the expanding demands of the city. The national leaders berated the State authorities for not providing capable funds to municipal corporations, and alternatively handing implicit municipal services to backstage agencies.

Raising questions astir occupation security, Mr. Umamaheswara Rao asked if workers employed successful these works would beryllium allowed to proceed oregon removed from their jobs, and if they would beryllium fixed capable wages. Public wellness is authorities responsibility, and truthful it is their work to look into the payment of those employed successful keeping the situation clean, the person said.

Mr. Umamaheswara Rao besides criticised the State authorities for not addressing demands specified arsenic status benefits, gratuity payments, expanding the status property to 62 years, among others.

The leaders said determination would beryllium Statewide stirs if the Government Orders were not withdrawn immediately.