Ludhiana MC employees seek fulfilment of demands

Ludhiana, August 28

The Municipal Employees Sangharsh Committee staged a gate rally outside the Zone A office of the Municipal Corporation (MC), near Mata Rani Chowk, here. The protest aimed at bringing attention to pressing issues faced by sanitation workers and sewer cleaners. A memorandum of demands was submitted to MC Commissioner Sandeep Rishi. Chandan Grewal, chairman of the Punjab Sanitation Commission, also took part in the rally.

The members of the commission demanded that regularisation letters for ad hoc, contract and daily wage employees, as notified on August 7, 2023, should be issued as soon as possible. They also demanded permanent posting for 456 Class IV employees, including peons, gardeners and drivers, who had been working for the civic body for many years.

Their other demands included contractual employment for 110 outsourced employees, such as data entry operators, junior engineers and sub-divisional officers, payment of pending 12 per cent dearness allowance from January 1, 2016, to June 30, 2021, in line with the Central Government’s pattern, implementation of the unified pension scheme approved by the Cabinet for MC employees, additional demands included cashless health cards, EPF deposits, timely salary payments, direct recruitment for vacant posts, etc.