Supposed to receive rainwear in Oct last year, employees remain deprived of protective gear bought for Rs 25 lakh
But it appears their voices have fallen on deaf ears, as employees are seen working in the rain without rainwear. PMWU President Mukta Manohar said it was mandatory for the PMC to provide good quality raincoats to all Class IV workers once in two years.
“As these workers are engaged in physical hardships, it is expected that they should get good quality raincoats. However, the raincoats provided two years ago were of poor quality. Since then the workers haven’t received new raincoats, which is forcing them to work without proper rainwear,” Manohar said.
On asked about the delay in distribution of the raincoats, PMC Central Store Department Head Jayant Pawar said the raincoats were sent to a Mumbai lab for quality check and would distributed among the workers next week.
“The process of buying raincoats is lengthy and they have to be certified by the laboratory in Mumbai. This whole process takes time and therefore the distribution process gets delayed,” Pawar said.
Though the total number of Class IV employees in the PMC is 8,000, it has been learnt that the department purchased just 4,000 raincoats. “We provide raincoats only to permanent employees who have completed three years of service in the PMC,” Pawar said. u00a0
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