Maha Govt To Provide Sanitation Workers With Homes Under Ownership Scheme, Announces CM Devendra Fadnavis
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has decided to provide ownership-based houses to sanitation workers across the state, in addition to service accommodation, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday, adding that the initiative has already begun. Speaking at a key handover programme for newly constructed staff quarters at Panchsheel Nagar in Colaba, Fadnavis said sanitation workers, who…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced plans to provide ownership-based houses to sanitation workers across the state, alongside existing service accommodation, during a handover ceremony in Colaba on Friday. The initiative aims to give sanitation workers decent and spacious housing, as they often compromise their own health while ensuring public hygiene.
140 residential units, constructed using prefabricated technology, were inaugurated as part of Phase II of the Ashray Yojana, the first such structure built by the Mumbai civic body. Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, Mayor Ritu Tawde, and others attended the event. The government introduced the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Shram Safalya Yojana and the Valmiki Housing Scheme to support sanitation workers, with the goal of providing service accommodation to them by 2028.
Fadnavis revived the Lad-Page Committee, established in 1973, to implement its recommendations for hereditary appointments, highlighting the government's commitment to their welfare. Additionally, sanitation workers on contractual, daily-wage, and substitute arrangements will receive minimum wages and necessary facilities.
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