JAIPUR: Unpaid bills have been a major cause of tussle between Jaipur Municipal Corporations and BVG company that is directly impacting the sanitation condition of the city.
For the last three days, workers of the BVG company have gone on strike as their salaries are not being paid on time. About 3,900 tonnes of garbage were not picked up from the city that ultimately went to the city roadside. Company has claimed that because their bills are not cleared by JMC, they are unable to pay their workers.
Company has done number of strikes in the last four years. Sanitation condition of the city is not up to the mark with hoopers not going on time. As per the original contract, BVG company was supposed to provide all the hoopers but JMC had purchased more than 130 hoopers. Out of these, many were given on rent to the company to run.
Twenty-five compactors worth Rs 9.5 crore to pick up garbage were purchased by the JMC, Greater in December 2020 that are still not been in used.
An official on condition of anonymity said, “We purchased hoopers but didn’t have enough manpower to run it. Hence, we decided to give it on rent to them. Compactors were purchased to start picking up garbage in one zone but with so many court cases that is of no use.”
During the time of Somya Gurjar, JMC Greater started picking up garbage from two wards using their own resources but after her suspension the problem was back to the same place. In every ward of JMC, Greater and Heritage, hoopers are not coming on time. Despite number of complaints filed by the residents and councillors sanitation condition if degrading.
On Friday, BVG company has said that they will release the salary of the employees soon. BVG company project manager Umed Singh Dheerawat said, “We have received our payment from JMC, Heritage through which we will pay all our employees. We would request the employees to start working.”
However, company employees have refused to work until all their 11 demands are accepted.
