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Notices issued as UMC workers play truant after marking themselves present
Updated On: 26 June, 2024 07:20 AM IST | Ulhasnagar | Faisal Tandel
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Senior civic officials during the surprise visit in the 19B ward in Ulhasnagar on Monday. Pic/Navneet Barhate
Senior Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) officials came across a brazen display of absenteeism, potential corruption and negligence during a surprise visit on Monday. The officials learnt that two sanitation workers had marked themselves present for the day via an app despite being nowhere to be seen, raising questions of whether such employees hire others to fill in for them.
The authorities have issued a show-cause notice against two errant Class IV employees as well as the sanitation inspector and mukadam (technical assistant) concerned. While inspecting sanitation work related to the civic body’s health department, the sanitation workers Raju Chandrabhan and Aruna Suresh Biniwale were not found on duty in the 19B ward. Deputy Municipal Commissioner Subhash Jadhav and Additional Municipal Commissioner Jamir Lengarekar then swung into action, issuing notices to the quartet. Dr Jadhav said, “We had received complaints that some employees were up to no good. Chandrabhan and Biniwale were absent during the surprise visit, but they had marked themselves present online. The mukadam and inspector were also served a notice as they had been negligent.”
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