MCD workers not paid for two months

Nearly 3,000 Domestic Breeding Checkers of the MCD may be in for a bleak Diwali as they have not received their salary for the past two months.

Nearly 3,000 Domestic Breeding Checkers (DBCs) of the MCD may be in for a bleak Diwali as they have not received their salary for the past two months.

The workforce that checks homes and commercial areas for mosquito breeding is facing a delay in payment as the civic agency is reportedly facing a lack of funds. The MCD has 3,200 DBCs,who are hired on contractual basis every year a DBC is paid Rs 225 per day.

We have been working very hard. During the Games,we worked without any holidays but our payment has been held up. A number of workers of west zone havent been paid any money since August, said Ashok Chaudhary,a DBC worker and general secretary of Anti-Malaria Karamchari Sangh. The civic agency,meanwhile,has admitted that the workers have not been paid. Theres shortage of funds,we are trying to resolve the matter, said a senior MCD official.

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