The Brahampur Mahanagar Nigam Scavenger and Karmachari Sangha held a meeting on Tuesday here demanding that the Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BMC) stop its move to hand over sanitation work to private firms.
According to reports, the BMC had handed over sanitation work of 20 of 40 wards to a private firm in the first phase and of six wards in the second phase.
Now, the civic body has decided to hand over sanitation work of 10 wards to a private firm.
The Sangha members expressed strong resentment over the move and alleged a corruption of crores of rupees in the priavtisation process.
They also demanded that that the scavengers and other employees working under contractors be appointed as contractual workers.
The Sangha threatened to intensify agitation if the sanitation work is awarded to private firms further.
Among others, Sangha president Devendra Ghadai, vice-president Padma Chran Nayak, general secretary Manoranjan limai, secretary Janardan Ghadai, Bijay Hati, Tutu Hati, Mahendra Rath and Pradeep Kumar Behera were present.