Lamenting the treatment meted out to sanitary workers, he told The Express Tribune, “We are treated as third-class citizens. All this while, not even the relevant authorities realised the threat to sanitation workers’ health and did nothing to allay their worries. He believes that sanitation workers can receive decent gratuities after retirement if they are promoted regularly. Even as the city grew, he said, not enough sanitation workers had been hired over the years, increasing the burden on elderly workers. Farooq called for promoting sanitation workers, employing more of them, providing them basic facilities and increasing their salaries regularly.

Source: The Express Tribune October 12, 2020 05:15 UTC