Chennai Conservancy Workers Protest: GCC Commissioner assures Madras HC of higher pay from private employer

Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran. File

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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran, on Wednesday (August 13, 2025), told the Madras High Court that the temporary conservancy workers, now protesting against outsourcing of sanitary work in zones V (Royapuram) and VI (Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar), would get a much higher pay after they get absorbed by the private entity.The submission was made in a counter affidavit filed before Justice K. Surender who reserved his judgment on two writ petitions filed by Uzhaippor Urimai Iyakkam, an organisation representing the conservancy workers, with a plea to quash the resolutions passed by the civic body for outsourcing sanitary work in the two zones.Chennai sanitation workers protest privatisation, demand permanent jobs

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