Sanitation workers protest in front of a sewage treatment plant at Alake in Mangaluru on March 17, 2023. , Photo Credit: HS Manjunath
Mangaluru City South MLA D. Vedavyas Kamath and Mangaluru Mayor Jayanand Anchan in a meeting with the sanitation workers at the sewage treatment plant in Alake, Mangaluru on March 17, 2023. Photo Credit: HS Manjunath
Garbage continued to pile up in several houses, apartments and other establishments in the city for the fifth consecutive day on Friday, March 17, even as outsourced and contractual sanitation workers demanded direct recruitment and direct payment by the urban civic body. Continued his strike. ,
Mangaluru Municipal Corporation Commissioner Channabasappa said that Antony Waste Handling Cell Pvt. Ltd., which is handling the city’s solid waste for the civic body, has deployed 85 vehicles for door-to-door collection of solid waste.
In a meeting, Mangaluru City South MLA D. Vedavyas Kamath, Mayor Jayanand Anchan and the commissioner agreed to partially resume work and partially with sanitation workers involved in maintenance of wet wells, sewage treatment plants and underground drainage. agreed to take recourse. Strike, he said. He held a meeting in Alake.
A statement by the MLA said the workers were assured to resume work after being apprised of the problems faced by the people. The workers were entitled to certain facilities as they demanded. They were told that sincere efforts would be made to fulfill their demands. The commissioner also sought the cooperation of the workers.
According to the commissioner, 870 sanitation workers of the city are on strike.