Let’s not underestimate those who keep the city clean
Updated On: 15 March, 2024 04:39 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
The tribunal had directed the corporation to declare the 580 workers as permanent and extend all benefits to them
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In a welfare state, cleanliness for one class of citizens cannot be achieved by engaging others in slavery, the Bombay High Court has said, in a report filed by Press Trust of India (PTI). It has directed the city civic body to declare 580 of its workers as permanent staff and extend benefits to them.
A single bench of Justice Milind Jadhav in the judgment in November 2023, made available on Thursday, noted the fundamental right of citizens to a clean environment cannot be achieved by subjugating the fundamental rights of the workers to basic human dignity.
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