Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner Ikram Shariff has directed the Kalaburagi City Corporation to ensure that all sanitation workers and sanitation staff undergo a master health check-up by the end of the week and prepare a schedule for completing the exercise.
Chairing a district-level meeting of sanitation workers at his office in Kalaburagi on Wednesday, Mr. Shariff said the health and safety of sanitation workers should be given top priority. He directed officials to examine private insurance and Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) benefits and take steps to ensure maximum health coverage for workers.
He also instructed officials to ensure that every employee received provident fund and ESI benefits, as applicable under labour regulations, and that wages were paid on time.
The Deputy Commissioner directed authorities to immediately distribute safety equipment such as gloves, masks, night jackets and raincoats to sanitation workers and ensure that the equipment was used properly.
Expressing displeasure over the delay in the tender process for jetting and sucking machines required for sanitation work, Mr. Shariff directed officials to clear the pending files and submit a report within 48 hours.
Warning officials against attending meetings without adequate preparation and providing unclear information, he said negligence and delays in administration would not be tolerated and warned that disciplinary action, including suspension, would be taken for serious lapses.
Mr. Shariff also directed officials to utilise SCSP/TSP funds for housing and other basic needs of workers instead of spending them on unnecessary works. He warned that disciplinary action would be taken against employees found showing indiscipline in the discharge of their duties.
Kalaburagi City Corporation Commissioner Avinash Shinde, District Social Welfare Joint Director Preeti Chandrashekhar, Zilla Panchayat Chief Planning Officer (in-charge) Madhumati, Project Director Jagadevappa, Women and Child Development Department Deputy Director Rajkumar Rathod, Tourism Department Deputy Director Baby Moger and other district-level officials attended the meeting.
