Dengue control team municipal workers may strike July 31.
Workers on the municipal Dengue control team have voiced their intention to go on strike beginning July 31. According to him, the union represents around 2,800 employees of the DBC in addition to few workers in the field.
NEW DELHI:If their demands are not satisfied, a union representing municipal workers in Delhi has called for an indefinite strike to begin on July 31. These municipal workers are in the vanguard of the fight against vector-borne diseases in Delhi. On the other hand, Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi has given her word that their requests will be taken into consideration.
There are around 3,000 dengue breeding checking workers located in the MCD, in addition to 2,000 workers located in the field.
There is a risk of an increase in cases of dengue and other vector-borne diseases due to early monsoon rains and recent flooding in parts of Delhi owing to an increase in water levels of the Yamuna. The strike by DBC workers under the banner of Anti-Malaria Ekta Karmachari Union could spell trouble for Delhi. This is because there is a threat of an increase in cases of dengue and other vector-borne diseases.
“We have recently served the notice on the MCD via its mayor and commissioner, saying that our members will go on an indefinite strike beginning on July 31 if our long-standing demands are not met,” said Devanand Sharma, the president of the union. “If our long-standing demands are not met, our members will go on an indefinite strike,” he added.
According to him, the union represents around 2,800 employees of the DBC in addition to few workers in the field.”We were employed in 1996 when Delhi was facing a large dengue outbreak that resulted in more than 10,200 cases and more than 420 deaths, making it the worst outbreak on record for Delhi. In addition, we were designated as DBC workers later on in the year 2006. But we’ve been demanding that our jobs be made permanent, and the MCD authorities haven’t been responding to that demand, Sharma added.
In addition to this, he stated that a DBC worker receives just one CL (casual leave) each month, that the burden is excessive, but that there is no health coverage, and that when an employee passes away, there is no help for the family members of the deceased employee.
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