Health camps will be organized for municipal workers and the workers’ colony in Chiraundi will be cleaned on Sunday, the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) officials said in a meeting held here on Saturday.
A meeting was held by the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) with RMC officials and municipal workers’ trade unions. The grievances of the municipal workers were heard by NCSK and RMC officials were directed to take immediate action. Members of RMC Karamchari Sangh, Safai Karamchari Sangh and Valmiki Samaj were also present at the meeting.
Bhagat Ram Valmiki, a leader of the Valmiki Samaj, urged the panel to look into the issue of allotment of homes in Valmiki Nagar. He complained that homes have not been allotted to workers in the area. He also urged the RMC to hire workers on a contractual basis instead of hiring them on daily wage basis via contractors and middlemen. He also said that educated children of workers were being denied opportunities because of unavailability of caste certificates. The issues of poor living conditions in of workers in Chiraundi and Khadgarha were also raised by other unions.
Ranchi Municipal Corporation Commissioner Manoj Kumar said that while a lot of issues were policy related and might take time, other issues will be immediately solved by the RMC. “We have decided to set up health camps for RMC workers to prevent diseases in their colonies. RMC workers will go to the Chiraundi on Sunday to clean the workers’ colony. Water connection will be provided to the workers living in the Khadgarhabasti. The Valmiki Nagar issue was brought to my notice for the first time today, and we will work to ensure that the bank accounts on hold are released as soon as possible,” he said.
Talking to the media, NCSK member Dilip Kebed said that orders from previous meetings have not been executed properly by the RMC.