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“Everywhere else, salaries of employees are automatically increased every year based on an assessment of their work, but no one listens to us till we break down facing the heat, cold and rain on the roads. We go into the filth every day to keep your city beautiful,” said Rahul Parcha (33), raising slogans in front of the Greater Noida Authority’s office on Monday.
He is among hundreds of contractual safai karamcharis who have been protesting for the last 14 days demanding an increase in their salaries from Rs 17,170 to Rs 20,600.
“I get paid Rs 14,256 after deductions. Of this Rs 5,000 goes in rent, more than Rs 4,000 on food, then there are other expenses such as school fees. I have seven family members to support,” said Parcha, who works in Achchheja village.
Hailing from Hapur district, Parcha lives in Kasna. “I came here for a better future for my son. If my salary remains this low, what will be his future? I have to travel around 60 km to do this job, to keep other people’s surroundings clean, so they and their children can live a healthy life,” said the man angrily. He had worked in a pantry in Sector 62 till five years ago.
Satish Mehraulia (28) is the youngest of eight brothers. Due to his family’s economic condition, he had to start working after Class XII. “We have to clear all types of filth, sometimes we faint because of the gas released from the garbage. We are not provided with any protective gear. There are things that should be done only by the machines, but we are asked to enter nallahs to clean them,” said Mehraulia, who works in Sector Xu 1.
Sunil Makwana, city president of the Akhil Bhartiya Safai Majdoor Congress, said they will keep protesting until the demands are met.
He also alleged that the life insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh provided earlier has been replaced with an accidental death insurance cover of Rs 10 lakh. “Our demand is we should get Rs 10 lakh as life insurance,” he said.
NG Ravi Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Noida Authority, said he has formed a five-member committee to look into the issue. “I met safai karamcharis two times. The committee will see if their salary can be increased after assessing the financial implications for the around 2,000 safai karamcharis… As far as insurance is concerned, we will discuss it with the bank. I have sought time and cooperation from the workers to help increase revenue, so we can route this proposal through the board.”
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