Mohali MC to discuss extending contract of sanitation workers

Sanjay Bumbroo

Tribune News Service

Mohali, June 13

Extending the contract (ending on June 14) of the sanitation workers for the next two months will be the main agenda item of the Mohali MC House meeting to be held through video-conferencing on Tuesday.

The House is likely to pass the agenda for the direct employment of sanitation workers on the DC rates. Mayor Amarjit Singh Sidhu had met the protesting sanitation workers and agreed extending their contract for two months, besides ensuring direct recruitment for the sanitation work, after which they had ended their strike. Now, a resolution would be presented in the House in this regard.

Deputy Mayor Kuljit Singh Bedi said the House would also pass a resolution for the appointment of employees on various posts lying vacant. He said the posts include librarians, junior librarians, leading fireman, cashier, steno typist and clerk/computer operators.

Bedi said the House would also take up the issue of shifting five vendng sites as demanded by the Markfed, Chandigarh. Verka had also demanded nine sites for setting up booths in different parts of the city.

As the Municipal Corporation has been suffering heavy losses on account of the non-renewal of trade licences by 25,000 traders, industrialists and other business houses in protest against the Rs100 per day as the late fee, the House will proposing charging Rs2,500 as the late fee per quarter.

The other resolution to be introduced in the House include maintenance of parks by residents welfare associations and involving experts in horticulture works in 500 parks within the municipal limits.