Pending salaries sought for sanitary staff

Abdullapurmet: Sanitation workers under the aegis of Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU) submitted a memorandum to Mandal Parishad Development Office (MPDO) on Friday demanding immediate payment of pending salaries of the last five months.

CITU leader E Narasimha criticized the state government for failing to pay salaries to workers of various departments for a few months now. He questioned as to why ministers and MLAs are taking salaries, while they are depriving workers.

"When asked for salaries, Panchayat officials said they are helpless, as there have no power to write cheques. Officials are also lethargic in distributing clothes, chapels, oil and other things that are to be given to workers every month," he added.