Jaipur: With sanitation workers of Valmiki community on strike from Tuesday, JMC-Greater mayor Somya Gurjar visited different zones to check the cleanliness situation and also wielded a broom for the clean-up act .
She asked citizens to keep their surroundings clean and not throw garbage on roads as the waste management system was already affected.
On Tuesday, the door-to-door waste collection process was affected in some parts of the city like Walled City, Mansarovar and Sanganer.
Sanitation workers have been demanding that the Valmiki community should be given priority along with those who have been working as sanitation staff since 2018 in the new recruitment process. The latest recruitment advertisement for hiring over 13,000 sanitation workers, issued by the local self-government department, is following the reservation system which the sanitation workers’ union is opposing.
The chief minister in budget announcement had said that 30,000 sanitation workers will be hired.
“A meeting was held at JMC-Heritage headquarters on Tuesday where it was decided that the strike would continue till the demands are met. In the meeting, teams were formed from each zone that will would roam around day and night in the city and appeal to sanitation staff who are working, to also join the movement,” said Nand Kishore Dandoriya, president of Sanyukt Valmiki Evam Safai Shramik Sangh.
About 7,600 sanitation workers are working in both the municipal corporations in the city of which over 5,000 are from Valmiki community.
“Sanitation staff from other communities are continuing work and not participating in the strike. There are around 1,500-2,000 staff from other communities, how can the city be kept clean with this much manpower. All councillors have been asked to make arrangements so that the residents do not suffer, but there is no other alternate plan at present,” said Omprakash Ranawa, Congress councillor from ward 133, who joined the mayor during her inspection on Tuesday.
She asked citizens to keep their surroundings clean and not throw garbage on roads as the waste management system was already affected.
On Tuesday, the door-to-door waste collection process was affected in some parts of the city like Walled City, Mansarovar and Sanganer.
Sanitation workers have been demanding that the Valmiki community should be given priority along with those who have been working as sanitation staff since 2018 in the new recruitment process. The latest recruitment advertisement for hiring over 13,000 sanitation workers, issued by the local self-government department, is following the reservation system which the sanitation workers’ union is opposing.
The chief minister in budget announcement had said that 30,000 sanitation workers will be hired.
“A meeting was held at JMC-Heritage headquarters on Tuesday where it was decided that the strike would continue till the demands are met. In the meeting, teams were formed from each zone that will would roam around day and night in the city and appeal to sanitation staff who are working, to also join the movement,” said Nand Kishore Dandoriya, president of Sanyukt Valmiki Evam Safai Shramik Sangh.
About 7,600 sanitation workers are working in both the municipal corporations in the city of which over 5,000 are from Valmiki community.
“Sanitation staff from other communities are continuing work and not participating in the strike. There are around 1,500-2,000 staff from other communities, how can the city be kept clean with this much manpower. All councillors have been asked to make arrangements so that the residents do not suffer, but there is no other alternate plan at present,” said Omprakash Ranawa, Congress councillor from ward 133, who joined the mayor during her inspection on Tuesday.
