VC NCSK chairs meet at J&K Bank headquarters

Srinagar, Jun 28: As part of her two-day visit to Srinagar, Vice Chairperson, National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK), Union Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Anjna Panwar today chaired a special meeting convened by the J&K Bank (Convener UTLBC) to discuss the welfare of sanitation/cleaning personnel working in the banks in Jammu and Kashmir.

Held at the Bank’s corporate headquarter, the meeting was attended by MD (J&K Women’s Development Corporation) Ulfat Jabeen, Bank’s General Manager (Convener UTLBC) Syed Rais Maqbool, DGM Manju Gupta, DGM Rafi Ahmed Mir representatives of all the banks operating in J&K, senior government officers, Safai Karamcharis and other Bank officials.

Stressing upon the need to be more responsive to the concerns of Safai Karamcharis, Vice Chairperson (NCSK) Anjna Panwar said, “Organizations as principal employers need to be more sympathetic towards the well-being of Safai Karamcharis/Cleaning Workers besides taking responsibility to monitor their conditions to ensure that they are not exploited by the outsourcing agencies.”

On behalf of the participants, while congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the third term in office, she recollected that the Prime Minister had started his first term with Swachh Bharat Mission, which cannot be achieved without Safai Karamcharis. "Our prime minister has felicitated Safai Karamcharis many times. His actions are a message to all the citizens that Safai Karamcharis must be recognised and respected for their noble work of keeping our environs clean", she said.

While advocating for engagement of sanitation/cleaning workers on recomendatory  basis, she said the banks need to see whether their wages are sufficient to feed their families, educate their kith and kin besides meeting their medical requirements. She further said, “Being sensitive to the basic needs of such section of our society is the first step that we all need to take to create a healthy and more inclusive society.”