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Time of India
5 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Talks fail, sanitary workers' stir continues
Madurai: There was no breakthrough in the talks between Madurai corporation and protesting sanitary workers on Thursday as the city continued to reel under mounting waste for the fourth consecutive day. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The protest is likely to continue until the court hearing on Aug 25, when both the corporation's advocate and a representative from Ourland Private Limited will be present, said CITU-affiliated Corporation Workers' Union president Bala Subramanian as more than 1,000 workers protested at Munichalai. He said the corporation did not provide a clear assurance regarding the implementation of their demands. "We expected at least one of the demands to be implemented, or at least put forth for some negotiation," he said. He suggested that even if the corporation is unable to provide a month's salary as bonus, an amount can be agreed upon through discussion. Corporation officials said they had asked the workers to give them 10 days to discuss the two demands - the Diwali bonus and minimum wage. Meanwhile, the civic body has deployed at least 30 contractual workers in five zones to clear the waste, officials said. However, V P Manikandan, a resident of SS Colony, said garbage bins are overflowing in the city. "Workers came to collect the waste on Wednesday, but they did not come on Thursday. The workload on them is high if they work on alternate days," he said.
Time of India
a day ago
- Business
- Time of India
Garbage mounts in Madurai as sanitary workers' protest continues
Madurai: Around 2,000 sanitary workers continued their protest for the third day in front of the district collectorate on Wednesday. With garbage mounting across the city, Madurai corporation deployed 30 contractual workers in key areas of five zones to clear waste. The protest has been taken up demanding cancellation of GO no. 152 that enables outsourcing of sanitation work. CITU president Bala Subramanian said while the state govt has to cancel the privatisation order, the corporation can address protesters' other demands such as minimum wage requirement of 26,000 and giving out a month's salary as Diwali bonus. "None of the corporation officials came forward for a discussion. So, our protest will continue," he added. Around 1pm on Wednesday, a group of protesters submitted a petition to collector K J Praveen Kumar seeking a separate grievance meeting for sanitary workers in the collector's presence. The collector said such meeting would be introduced and that he assured to intervene on our behalf with the corporation regarding the issues, said Bala Subramanian. Meanwhile, 70 VCK members undertook a protest near Jhansi Rani Park on Wednesday afternoon to extend their support to the sanitary workers. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area.
