The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) is going to provide employment to the ragpickers who pick plastic foil in the State capital.
For this, instructions have been given to the Assistant Health Officers in-charge to identify the ragpickers in their respective zone areas and send them to the corporation headquarters by preparing files for appointment as daily wage workers. At the same time, ADC Singh told the AHO that after the appointment, the ragpickers will also make a card under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
Significantly, in different areas of the city, such people can be easily seen, who collect waste for their livelihood. A large number of ragpickers are seen in the areas like Adampur Cantonment, Bhanpur Cantonment, Yadgar-e-Shahjahani Park, Arif Nagar, Karond etc.
The Municipal Corporation is going to take this initiative with the aim of connecting such families with the main stream of the society. Taking a meeting of the Assistant Health Officers in-charge of all the zones, the Corporation Commissioner said that such areas should be identified from each zone, where ragpickers come daily. A list should be made by taking a copy of voter ID card or Aadhar card along with their name, address and age.
After this, a list will be prepared from each zone and will be sent to the corporation headquarters, so that after scrutiny, their approval can be taken from the government on the basis of numbers. They will be given employment in the corporation for 25 days.
“The Municipal Corporation will recruit ragpickers who are engaged in politic foil collection. They will be recruited as 25 day employees. To provide employment to the people of the unorganised sector and connect them with the main stream,”said MP Singh, Additional Commissioner, Municipal Corporation.