JAC demands ₹50 lakh ex-gratia, jobs for kin of deceased HMWSSB outsourcing employees
The Telangana Outsourcing Employees JAC is demanding compensation and job security following the deaths of three outsourcing employees at the HMWSSB. The union cites excessive work pressure and salary delays as major contributors to the workers' distress.
Why it matters
This highlights the precarious working conditions and lack of social security for outsourcing staff in public sector utilities.
The Telangana Outsourcing Employees JAC on Sunday demanded ₹50 lakh ex-gratia for the families of each of the three outsourcing employees who died within 24 hours, along with a government job for one member of each family.
The committee demanded immediate reduction of work pressure, job security, and a comprehensive inquiry into the working conditions and salaries paid to outsourcing employees in Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB).
The JAC leaders were removed by the police on Sunday while on their way to call on the bereaved families. They pointed to three deaths in the Board - Srihari of Moula Ali, Vinay of Peddapur and Kiran Kumar of Qutbullapur, and two of the three persons were meter readers.
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