“We fulfilled the promise we made to the sanitation workers of Delhi. We have confirmed 5000 sanitation workers in the Municipal Corporation. Many congratulations to everyone,” CM Kejriwal said in a digital press conference today.
As many as 54 proposals were passed in the MCD House meeting on Tuesday including the regularisation of 5,000 sanitation workers, the statement said
CM Kejriwal said that 6494 sanitation workers have been confirmed in MCD so far adding this is a “big announcement” on the occasion of Diwali.
“Yesterday there was a meeting of the Municipal Corporation House, in which a resolution was passed approving the regularisation of 5,000 sanitation workers of Delhi. Till now we have confirmed 6494 sanitation workers. BJP had been exploiting the sanitation workers for fifteen years. Regularization has been their long-pending demand. Now the workers are very happy. Since the formation of our government in Punjab, we have confirmed 30,000 personnel. We will regularise those workers wherever we can,” the Chief Minister said.
He also extended wishes to the people on the occasion of Diwali and said, “Earlier there used to be only news of corruption from the corporation, there were reports that employees did not get salaries. For the last 3-4 months, all the employees have been receiving their salaries on time. It is the festival season now, this is a big announcement on the occasion of Diwali. Festival greetings to all, may all your wishes be fulfilled.”
A total of 58 proposals were presented in the MCD house, out of which, 54 proposals have been passed. These include the proposal to regularise 5,000 sanitation workers, deployment of DBC employees on the post and the proposal to send MCD School’s principals to international universities like Oxford and Cambridge for better training.
After the house on Tuesday, Mayor Shelly Oberoi addressed a press conference at MCD Headquarters along with Deputy Mayor Aaley Muhammad Iqbal and Leader of the House Mukesh Goyal.
Mayor Oberoi said, “In the house meeting, the Aam Aadmi Party’s MCD Government has unanimously passed important proposals in the interest of the people of Delhi and the employees of the Corporation. All the proposals brought in the House will provide great relief to the people of Delhi and MCD employees.”
Oberoi said that the proposal to deploy a parallel agency to strengthen the sanitation system of Delhi and eliminate the mountains of garbage has also been passed in the house.
She said that in the meeting three proposals were postponed and one was rejected. All these proposals will be discussed and then passed. (ANI)
