Chief Minister Harish Rawat assured Rashtriya Valmiki Krantikari Morcha activists that the State Government is committed to the welfare of the Valmiki community. Instructions have been issued to the municipalities to retain permanent posts as before. Besides, benefits of health insurance policy schemes would be provided to the sanitation workers, he added. He gave these assurances while the RVKM activists led by the leader of the Opposition Ajay Bhatt met him at Bijapur Guest House on Friday.
Chief Minister further assured that the concerned officials would do everything to meet the demands being raised on behalf of the community. Stressing on the of co-operations of all sections of the society to boost development of the state, he said that municipalities and municipal corporations would take steps to widen their income resources. “State government would extend all kinds of assistance for the development of the community,” CM said.
Bhatt served a letter containing the charter of demands concerning the community to the Chief Minister on the occasion. The demands include reforming structure of the local bodies, appointing sanitation workers on permanent/temporary basis like other cadre instead of outsourcing and retaining the provision of 28 workers for 10,000 as before.
BJP leader Naresh Bansal, Umesh Agarwal, chairman of Rashtriya Valmiki Krantikari Morcha Bhagwat Parsad Makwana, Jaipal Valmiki and Madan Valmiki were present on the occasion.