Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 8: The streets of Jammu city turned into dumping grounds due to ongoing strike by Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) employees including Safai Karamcharis.
The Municipal employees under the banner of Civic Safai Karamchari Union (CSKU), Sanitary Supervisors’ Union (SSU) and Drivers and Cleaners Union (DCU) resumed strike yesterday morning after the authorities failed to fulfill their demands despite given notice of the strike in advance.
The strike has led to the neglect of cleanliness in the entire city. As a result, garbage has not been cleared or processed from the streets of the city. The entire city turned into heaps of garbage with garbage littered on the roads and streets which caused great inconvenience to pedestrians.
Expressing concern over accumulated garbage on roads and streets in the city, Naresh Sharma, a resident of Parade said the unhygienic atmosphere in the city would cause several health hazards and the city could turn into a breeding ground for mosquitoes, which could spread dengue. Fungal spores from garbage could lead to nasal allergies, he added.
Mohit Verma, a shopkeeper of Jain Bazaar said that due to the ongoing strike of the Safai Karamcharis business has taken a hit in the city. “The garbage is lying scattered and unattended on the roadsides and in the streets of various localities, and is emitting foul smell. I could not open my shop since yesterday as there is a big heap of garbage in front of my shop,” he said.
Despite situation taking an ugly turn Municipality Corporation seems to be in no hurry to resolve the crisis as according to Rinku Gill, president of Civic Safai Karamchari Union, nobody from the Corporation and administration came forward to break the impasse.
He said they have been struggling for their demands like re-organization of the JMC, regularization of 33 contractual drivers, 200 Safai Karamcharis, Computer Operators and Technical Assistants/Surveyors working in the Corporation and filling vacant post of Safai Karamcharis, for last many years but JMC authorities paid no heed to their demands forcing them to go on strike.
Our other demands are sanctioning of leave to daily wager employees, curb on hiring vehicles from outside and sanctioning of weekly/gazetted holidays to Safai Karamcharis, conducting DPC of all cadre employees, scrapping of outsourcing of wards, NGO system and appointment of daily wager Safai Karamcharis, sanctioning of new Municipal Colony for Safai Karamcharis, etc,” he added.
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