After receiving directive from CM Raghubar Das on Tuesday to immediately clear the payment of sanitation workers who were on protest since long, RMC released `10 lakh to settle the dues of the workers. “The Municipal Corporation has released `10 lakh today. All sanitation workers have called off the protest,” said, RMC City Manager, Shashi Kumar.
Notably, the sanitation staffs had stopped the CM’s carcade near Harmu MTS requesting him to immediately intervene in their payment issue. The CM spoke to the protesting sanitation staffs.
The sanitation staffs requested the CM to direct the officials to clear the pending wages of the last two months. Setting the deadline, the CM directed Municipal Commissioner SK Agrahari from the spot to clear the wages of all sanitation workers by the Tuesday evening. He also asked the officials to develop such mechanism that the wages of the sanitation staffs is paid on a regular basis without a delay.