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Chairperson of the Karnataka Safai Karmachari Commission P. Raghu requested the Chief Commissioner of the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), M. Maheshwar Rao, to permit pourakarmikas to usage toilets successful each hotels successful the GBA limits.
During an interaction programme held successful Yelahanka to code grievances of sanitation workers on Thursday, Mr. Raghu besides directed officials of the North Corporation to guarantee that all pourakarmikas and sanitation unit person entree to well-equipped remainder rooms astatine each mustering point.
Around 300 sanitation workers attended the enactment and raised concerns astir gaps successful basal facilities. Mr. Raghu instructed officials to immediately initiate measures to acceptable up restrooms in each locations wherever specified facilities were absent.
Following the interaction, Mr. Raghu held a reappraisal gathering with officials and requested them to behaviour mandatory wellness check-ups and ensuring timely payment of wages. He besides directed officials to reimburse children’s acquisition fees, issuing regularisation orders, isolated from implementing lodging schemes and facilitating admissions for workers’ children successful Morarji Desai and different residential schools.
Mr. Raghu directed officials to compensate dues for families of sanitation workers who dice portion successful service.
North City Corporation Commissioner Pommala Sunil Kumar urged the pourakarmikas to stay assured and fearless portion educating the nationalist and enforcing cleanliness norms. He said strict enactment would beryllium taken against anyone who obstructs sanitation workers oregon causes them inconvenience.
The Commissioner assured that each pending payment measures would be prioritised, with fund allocations planned for the next financial year.
In areas lacking toilets, the pourakarmikas will beryllium allowed to usage toilets successful adjacent nationalist parks, helium said, adding that the operation of caller toilets wouls besides beryllium taken up from the Swachh Bharat Mission funds.
