The Indian Express 19.03.2013
East corporation outsources hiring of security guards
The East Municipal Corporation has decided to outsource hiring
security guards for its community halls, almost half which are currently
unsecured.
At present the corporation manages 61 buildings that include 49
community halls, 6 gyms and six senior citizen recreational centres. For
round-the-clock security, 3 security guards need to be stationed at
each property, calling for a total of 183 security guards.
But there are only 62 security guards working in 37 buildings.
For the rest of the 24 buildings, there are 72 security guards whose
sanction has also expired.
But given financial constraints, corporation can engage only 117
for now, a senior official said. It will outsource the hiring of the
guards. “We have decided to outsource the guasrds for welfare of those
using our halls ,” said a senior official.
Civic body reviews pending cases to clear backlog
North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Monday held a special house to review the pending cases in the department.
Accusing the department of deliberately clearing only a few
cases, leader of house, Mahendra Nagpal, said that the department has
not been operational for many years which had resulted in the large
number of pending.
Mayor Mira Aggarwal said that the corporation will de-centralise
the department to improve the efficiency of the department in clearing
up the cases.
“Every department should have a vigilance official so that minor offence cases can be dealt within the department,” she said.
The Mayor further said that cases of regular departmental action
should be concluded on priority basis and officials should not be
harassed by delaying the inquiry report in the incident for long.
“A committee will be constituted to look in to the functioning of the vigilance department,” the Mayor said.
