Archive · 8 Oct 2026
MCD West Zone Reviews Sanitation Workers’ Welfare Concerns
Sunita Kangra visited the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s West Zone to discuss sanitation workers’ needs.
Workers’ union representatives spoke about unpaid dues, becoming regular employees, medical care and other job matters.
Civic officials discussed these concerns with them.
Kangra said officials, workers and unions should keep working together.
She also reviewed how sanitation work is being done.
She said useful practices could be shared with other zones.
During the visit, she planted a sapling as part of an initiative called “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam.”
Delhi Safai Karamchari Aayog Chairperson Sunita Kangra visited the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s West Zone to review sanitation work and workers’ concerns.
Union representatives raised regularisation, pending dues, medical facilities and other service-related issues.
The meeting was co-chaired by West Zone Chairman Harish Oberoi and the zone’s Deputy Commissioner, with officials and union representatives attending.
Kangra called for coordination among administrators, sanitation staff and unions to improve working conditions and sanitation services.
She said successful sanitation practices in the zone could be shared with other MCD zones and planted a sapling under the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” initiative.
- Who
- Delhi Safai Karamchari Aayog Chairperson Sunita Kangra, MCD West Zone officials and sanitation workers’ union representatives.
- What
- A review meeting on sanitation work and workers’ welfare issues, including regularisation, pending dues and medical facilities.
- When
- The meeting was reported on Thursday; the article does not give the visit’s exact date.
- Where
- Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s West Zone, Delhi.
- Why
- To review sanitation work and discuss workers’ service and welfare concerns.
Workers’ concerns
Civic administration
Service and welfare issues
Workers’ concerns
Union representatives raised concerns about regularisation, pending dues, medical facilities and other service-related matters.
Civic administration
Officials discussed the concerns with representatives and reviewed steps to address workers’ issues; the article does not report specific commitments or responses to individual demands.
Sanitation services and working conditions
Workers’ concerns
Workers’ welfare concerns were part of the discussion about improving conditions for Safai Karamcharis.
Civic administration
Kangra stressed coordination to improve working conditions and effective sanitation delivery, and said successful practices could be shared with other MCD zones.
- Review lead
- Sunita Kangra, Chairperson of the Delhi Safai Karamchari Aayog
- Zone
- MCD West Zone
- Issues raised
- Regularisation, pending dues, medical facilities and other service-related matters
- Meeting co-chairs
- West Zone Chairman Harish Oberoi and the zone’s Deputy Commissioner
- Other attendees
- Senior sanitation officials, the Assistant Commissioner and Safai Karamchari union representatives
- Follow-up approach
- Coordination among the administration, sanitation staff and union representatives
- Additional activity
- Kangra planted a sapling under the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” initiative