New Delhi:Delhi Municipal Corporation has opened a box of happiness for the sanitation workers who make the cleanliness system of the capital shine with their sweat. In recognition of years of service and hard work, the corporation has regularized 1,467 sanitation workers in just two months. There are preparations to regularize about 400 more employees before Diwali. With this step of the corporation, it is expected that the employees and their families will get stability in employment and social security. Delhi Mayor Parvesh Wahi gave this information in a press conference held at the corporation headquarters on Monday. He said that sanitation workers are the backbone of the cleanliness system of the capital. It is the primary responsibility of the corporation to honor the contribution of these workers who work day and night in difficult conditions.
Regularization and promotion figures in October
According to the Mayor, 505 sanitation workers of the batch of 1998–2000 and 2000–2002 were regularized in October. Apart from this, the dependents of deceased sanitation workers have been given appointments on 542 daily wage posts on compassionate grounds. Of these, 109 appointments were provided in October. Also, 111 Assistant Sanitary Inspectors have been promoted to the post of Sanitary Inspector. Wahi announced that a target has been set to regularize about 7,630 sanitation workers in the next three months. He said that under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leadership of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, the corporation is striving for the welfare and protection of the rights of the employees. Deputy Mayor Dr. Monica Pant, Standing Committee Chairman Satya Sharma, Leader of the House Jai Bhagwan Yadav and Environment Management Services Committee Chairman Sandeep Kapoor were present in the press conference.