In order to pressurise the officials of Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) regarding their long pending demands members of Uttaranchal Swakshkar Karmachari Sangh (USKS) submitted a memorandum to the Mukhya Nagar Adhikari, Ashok Kumar here on Thursday.
Protestors said that they have apprised their demands to the administration several time but no progress yet. They also raised slogan outside the MNA cabin and threatened to intensify their protest if their demands are not met with. Spokesperson of the Sangh said that they would stop all the sanitation work if their demands are not fulfilled within 24 hours.
The demands included to regularize the sanitation workers, to make the salary of employees of Mohalla Swakshata Samiti around Rs 235 on per day basis, to stop interruption of Secretary in the works of the sanitation employees, to stop exploitation of the workers of the Balmiki Samaj, to redress all the issues related to the sanitation employees at earliest, to promote the educated sanitation workers, timely payment of the workers and many others.
Employees also stated that in case their demands are ignored by the MCD officials they would be bound to intensify their protest. Protestors would also be submitting the memorandum to Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna, Urban Development Minister, Pritam Singh Pawar, Mayor of Dehradun, Vinod Chamoli, District Magistrate, BVRC Purushottam and SSP Kewal Khurana.