Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday dedicated two attendance kiosks-cum-multipurpose rest shelters for sanitation workers, aimed at improving their working conditions and welfare.
Recognizing the need for a safe and designated space where sanitation workers can assemble daily for attendance and coordination with supervisors, the BMC has undertaken this initiative. The kiosks are designed to provide basic amenities and protection to workers in all weather conditions, especially during the summer season and prevailing heatwave conditions.
As a pilot project, two such multipurpose rest shelters have been constructed in Ward No. 30 (South-East Zone) and Ward No. 23 (South-West Zone). These facilities will function both as attendance centers and resting spaces, offering shelter to workers during duty hours. Each kiosk can accommodate around 20 workers at a time. The initiative is expected to boost the morale of sanitation workers and reflects BMC’s commitment to enhancing their welfare, improving work environments, and ensuring better delivery of essential civic services.
The corporation plans to replicate this model in other wards in the coming days. The facilities were inaugurated in the presence of Bhubaneswar Central MLA Ananta Narayan Jena, Mayor Sulochana Das, Chairperson of Finance and Taxation Committee and Ward No. 30 Corporator Rajkishore Das, noted paediatrician Dr. Aravinda Mohanty, Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahu, Sanitation Deputy Commissioner N. Ganesh Babu, and Sanitation Executive Engineer Biplab Kishan, among others. Ward No. 23 Corporator Kiranbala Majhi also attended the inauguration of the rest shelter in her ward.
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