Grievance meeting held for conservancy workers in Tiruchi
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Aruchamy highlighted the efforts of sanitary workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. He urged the sanitary workers to use safety gears and assured them that necessary measures were being taken by authorities to deploy robotic machinery to clean sewers, instead of engaging workers for manual cleaning.
He also highlighted the welfare initiatives being implemented by the Tamil Nadu government for conservancy workers. He urged the conservancy workers to educate their children, as many welfare schemes were in place for them. The board had requested increase in overseas education assistance up to ₹35 lakh for children of sanitation workers.
He requested the authorities to conduct a grievance day for the sanitary workers once a month. Collector V. Saravanan said the meetings would be held on the last Friday of every month.
Mr. Saravanan said that in Tiruchi district, ₹11 lakh worth of welfare assistance was provided to about 350 sanitation workers, which included death compensation, educational assistance, marriage assistance, and more. About eight workers were given houses under the housing project during 2022-13. In 2023-24, 37 workers had benefited from the housing project.
As many as 2,967 temporary workers had been enrolled for the welfare scheme, and so far, 1,705 had received smart cards. Steps had been taken to provide smart cards for the remaining 1,262 workers to ensure that all schemes of the government reached the eligible beneficiaries.
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