After negotiations with officials bore no fruit, domestic breeding checkers (DBC) of the cityтАЩs three municipal corporations тАУ North, South and East тАУ held a rally outside Civic Centre at Minto Road on Wednesday.┬аTheir indefinite strike entered 10th day.
Protesting over the demand of regularising their services under the civic bodies, Anti-Malaria Ekta Karamchari Union (AMEKU) president Devanand Sharma said that officials were тАЬonly giving us assurances to get us back to workтАЭ.
He added, тАЬThey say that they are working on our demands, so let them do it. Not a single DBC has been regularised since 1996. The corporations are in charge of making the required posts for us, however, they have no will to do it. We have received assurances in the past, but we are still contractual workers.тАЭ┬а
A total of 3,500 DBCs are employed under the three civic bodies, while the AMEKU, represents a section of these workers.┬а
Budgetary approval
тАЬThe budgetary approval has to come from the Delhi government, we cannot make permanent posts without it. We have written to them on numerous occasions regarding this but they are yet to respond,тАЭ said South Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor Mukesh Suryan.
Other leaders of the BJP-led civic bodies echoed similar views, including North Delhi Municipal CorporationтАЩs Standing Committee chairman, Jogi Ram Jain.
However, SDMCтАЩs Leader of the Opposition Prem Chauhan questioned the BJP-led elected wingтАЩs decision to тАЬblame the Delhi governmentтАЭ.
тАЬThe BJP has been in power for the last 15 years. What were they doing all these years? They are to create a post for DBCs, and without a route map or fund estimate from their end, how will the Delhi government allocate it to them. The BJP has no intention of regularising the services of DBCs. ItтАЩs as simple as that,тАЭ he said.┬а
