The municipal workers have alleged that the Central and State governments through their flagship schemes such as Swachh Bharat Mission, Smart City Mission and others are “extracting work” without fulfilling promises made to them.
Participating in a State-wide demonstration under the banner of Andhra Pradesh Municipal Workers’ and Employees’ Federation on November 21 (Tuesday), the workers said that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, before coming to power, had promised that he would regularise the jobs of all contract municipal employees. “It has been four years and we are still fighting for it,” said federation’s general secretary K. Umamaheswara Rao.
Demonstrations were held across the State on November 20 and 21 in front of the District Collectorates.
