MCG to add 849 sanitation workers

Times News Network

Gurgaon: The municipal corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) will add another 849 sanitation workers to its existing work force of around 3458 sanitation workers. The new recruits will largely focus on sweeping and cleaning streets across the city.

According to MCG officials, the sanitation workers currently employed with the corporation are not sufficient to handle the work load. "As of now we do not have sufficient people on the ground and there is a high churn rate among the workers as many of them are migrants which leave a huge scope for improvement. Hence the addition in the number of workers," said Anu Sheokhand, joint commissioner, MCG who is also the nodal officer for sanitation.

She added that the recent expansion of the municipal limits and the inclusion of the new sectors in the integrated waste management plan would require more people. Existing Sanitation Workforce (including permanent employees, employees transferred from HUDA to MCG Payroll in 2014 (not permanent), employees which were added from panchayats by MCG) is 2210 workers. This doesn't include the sanitation workforce provided through contractor. Sanitation staff through contractor across 4 zones at present is 1248 workers, they plan to hire about 849 more workers to the staff.

The whole plan is to move towards a 'Swacch City' and combined with the execution of the integrated waste management plan, which kicks off in Phase 1 this December, such steps will help MCG towards that goal, Sheokhand believes. MCG signed the contract with the Ecogreen Energy Pvt Ltd for an integrated waste management plan this August. Under the plan, the assigned agency will take over the Bandhwari waste treatment plan and convert waste into energy.

The plan also includes door to door pickup of waste and two- way segregation and while the bio degradable waste will be converted into compost and the rest will be converted into energy. Ecogreen will also be setting up a leachate treatment plant at Bandhwari. MCG is conducting awareness drives in all the wards regarding the new waste management plant, says Sheokhand.