Conservancy workers have a reason to celebrate. CM Devendra Fadnavis has directed the BMC to take them on as permanent staff. On Tuesday, CM Fadnavis held a meeting with municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta and union representatives, for the same.

Errors in names
About 2,700 safai kaamgaar were facing uncertainty due to errors in their names in documents. The BMC has refused (and terminated services of some 30 staff) to take them as permanent employees, citing differences in names in their documents like Aadhaar Card, Voter Id etc.