‘NO RISK ALLOWANCE, RELIEF PACKAGE’:Centre for Law and Justice Executive Director Mary James Gill shared similar concerns and demanded that besides the provision of protective gear, the government should also announce risk allowance and relief package for sanitary workers. But the sanitary workers who are working day and night to keep public spaces clean are not being given due protection,” she lamented. “These workers are responsible for keeping the wards clean, administering medicines to patients and serving them food. Gill said the government should take ownership of the sanitary workers since they too were equal citizens of this country and deserved due recognition for their valuable services to the society. According to a joint report titled ‘Health, Safety and Dignity of Sanitation Workers’, released in November 2019 by the World Bank, World Health Organization, International Labour Organization, and WaterAid, sanitation workers are among the most invisible and neglected segments in society.

Source: Pakistan Today May 01, 2020 17:37 UTC