Alerted by a tweet about non-receipt of wages by teachers working in schools run by Municipal Council, Takhatpur under Bilaspur district for last four months, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday instructed director, urban administration and development department to release the pending payment.
From a twitter handle Rkjsrsoni@gmail.com it was tweeted that “teachers of Municipal Council of Takhatpur under Bilaspur district have not received their wages for last five months. The situation is critical and they are facing problem to run their households. Please do take necessary action.”
Acting on the directive, the director further directed the chief municipal council officer, Takhatpur to release the wages from February 2019 to May 2019.
A total of Rs 14,15,913 was transferred to bank accounts of teachers through Real time Gross Settlement System (RTGS) mode of the Punjab National Bank. The CMO had intimated that the wages have been transferred to the account of teachers.