MCD workers not paid for two months

The workforce that checks homes and commercial areas for mosquito breeding is facing a delay in payment as the civic agency is reportedly facing a lack of funds. The MCD has 3,200 DBCs, who are hired on contractual basis every year — a DBC is paid Rs 225 per day.

“We have been working very hard. During the Games, we worked without any holidays but our payment has been held up. A number of workers of west zone haven’t been paid any money since August,” said Ashok Chaudhary, a DBC worker and general secretary of Anti-Malaria Karamchari Sangh. The civic agency, meanwhile, has admitted that the workers have not been paid. “There’s shortage of funds, we are trying to resolve the matter,” said a senior MCD official.