Since their post was created in mid-2007, traffic wardens have been finding it difficult to get their salary on time.
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Since their post was created in mid-2007, traffic wardens have been finding it difficult to get their salary on time. In the fourth week of December, their November salary has not hit their accounts. Even this is much better than last December, when they got their salary for October.
The delay, sources say, is because of three organisations, the traffic police, the Pune Zilla Suraksha Rakshak Mandal and the Pune Municipal Corporation, being involved in the process. The traffic police record the attendance of the wardens, which is then sent to the PMC. 8220;The PMC ought to calculate the salary and send it at their end itself, but they send it to us causing a delay. It is stuck a day or two at each office. Sometimes the files are sent back and forth causing further delay,8221; said Vijay Sawant, inspector, Pune Zilla Suraksha Rakshak Mandal. 8220;We have been told that their cheques will be sent in a day or two. They get a poor salary of about Rs 3,500 per month, and that too is late,8221; said Balasaheb Bhujbal of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh that has taken up the matter with the labour commissionerate and the corporation as well.
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Sanjay Jadhav, a traffic warden, said delayed salary has been a regular feature ever since they were recruited. 8220;We did not get our salary for the first two months. After that they kept telling us they would advance the payment every month, but it is yet to happen,8221; he said. Ideally, salary should be credited to their accounts by the 5th or the 10th of every month, but in this case, it is done only around the 25th of every month. The post of traffic warden was set up in mid-2007 to supplement the beleaguered and severely understaffed traffic police force having 700 personnel. The wardens have undergone basic training and are assigned under a constable at most junctions. They do their job independently at 200-odd junctions in the city,8221; said DCP traffic Manoj Patil. 8220;I have heard they are not paid on time. Only if they are paid properly will they be able to do their job better,8221; he said, stressing their importance.
8220;There are only 700 traffic police personnel against the 2,000 we need for Pune. So traffic wardens are required. We have close to 500 wardens, sourced from various agencies, but we don8217;t pay them. They are paid by PMC,8221; he said.
