Cleanliness workers thank CM Stalin for slew of schemes
The new welfare measures were announced in the backdrop of a 12-day-long sit-in protest by cleanliness workers outside Ripon Building seeking job regularisation and continuation under the corporation contract at the same pay. The city police detained the workers on the night of August 12.
More than 200 cleanliness workers participated in the rally carrying placards thanking CM MK Stalin for announcing special schemes
CHENNAI: Representatives of multiple conservancy workers' associations on Friday met Chief Minister MK Stalin at his camp office in Alwarpet and thanked him for announcing six welfare schemes for sanitation workers.
The schemes, announced on Thursday, include free breakfast for urban sanitation workers, priority housing for rural workers, a special health drive to detect and treat occupational diseases such as tuberculosis, financial security of Rs 10 lakh in case of death during work, a subsidy of up to Rs 3.5 lakh for self-employment, interest subsidy for timely loan repayment, higher education scholarships for workers' children, and construction of 30,000 houses over three years under state housing programmes.
The new welfare measures were announced in the backdrop of a 12-day-long sit-in protest by cleanliness workers outside Ripon Building seeking job regularisation and continuation under the corporation contract at the same pay. The city police detained the workers on the night of August 12.
Union representatives Beula John Selvaraj, P Jayashankar, S Purushothaman, I Jayakumar, Senguttuvan, R Saravanan, G Ramu, S Anbudasan, G Sathiyakumar, and Muthu Ravichandran were among those who met the CM and presented a letter of appreciation. Ministers KN Nehru, EV Velu, Ma Subramanian, and PK Sekarbabu, GCC Mayor R Priya, Deputy Mayor M Mahesh Kumar, senior officials, and Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner J Kumaragurubaran were present during the meeting.
