Drivers’ strike raises a stink, leaves rubbish piled in Lko

Anju Varshney, a resident of Nehru Enclave, expressed varied points, saying waste collectors have stopped visiting homes. “After a number of complaints to the authority on Thursday, a brand new employee got here however was unaware of the routes and solely collected rubbish from just a few homes earlier than leaving,” she stated.

Complaints have surged from throughout town, with residents elevating considerations in regards to the inefficiency of alternative staff.

Roop Kumar Sharma, president of the Better Lucknow Jankalyan Mahasamiti, criticised the Lucknow Municipal Company (LMC) for poor administration. He stated new staff employed by the personal firm answerable for waste assortment are untrained and clueless about their duties. “Whereas major roads are cleaned, inner roads are fully ignored, leaving many areas unhygienic,” Sharma added.

The disaster deepens because the LMC faces the extra problem of verifying the identities of staff employed by personal contractors. Municipal commissioner Inderjit Singh stated that the LMC, together with different departments, will quickly conduct a verification drive to examine the paperwork of those staff, a lot of whom are suspected to be unlawful immigrants.

A personal firm official disclosed that round 10,000 Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingya refugees are working in waste assortment roles, together with as drivers. An LMC official revealed that many of those people both lack legitimate identification paperwork or offered false info throughout recruitment.

Earlier, a letter addressed to district Justice of the Peace by Lucknow mayor Sushma Kharakwal on December 30, 2024, demanded quick motion to confirm the voter IDs and Aadhaar playing cards of people residing illegally on authorities land and alongside railway traces. It urged authorities to establish and expel these discovered with out legitimate documentation to make sure legislation and order.