What Are The Odisha Welfare Schemes For Sanitation Workers?

Details About The Welfare Schemes

Odisha’s Chief Minister, Shri Mohan Majhi, recently announced at a national workshop on ‘Transforming Core Sanitation Work: Safety, Dignity, & Inclusion’ held at the Lokseva Bhavan Convention Centre in the city of Bhubaneshwar that the state will be launching various welfare schemes for sanitation workers working across the state.

Various other ministers like Amit Yadav, Secretary in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, and Manvita Baradi, Founder-Director of the Urban Management Centre.

Some major details about the to-be-launched welfare schemes are laid out below in detailed points for one’s better understanding and reference:

• One of the welfare schemes will provide health insurance coverage worth 10 lakh and Rs. 30 lakh as compensation for accidental deaths to core sanitation workers. Core sanitation workers are those who work in septic and sewage cleaning services in various urban areas.

• Welfare schemes would also work in collaboration with various government schemes, such as the PM Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U), under which the beneficiaries of the scheme can take the government’s help in the construction of their houses.

• The CM of Odisha also highlighted the fact that one of the social welfare schemes, called the Garima scheme, has proven itself to be a boon for sanitation workers as it has helped more than 10,000 sanitation workers across 115 urban local bodies as skilled and high-skilled workers.

• The state will also be creating an organised method to identify the sanitation workers so that the implementation of the schemes and benefits can be given to the right people and not impostors.

• The state govt of Odisha will also create and launch welfare schemes which will provide various services and amenities to the sanitation workers, such as safety equipment, skill development programs, etc.

• Shri Mohan Majhi has also organised a 15-day cleanliness drive starting from August 15th to August 30th. This is being organised to expand the boundaries of sanitation programs and encourage the citizens to help in cleaning the city, as it is not just the responsibility of sanitation workers but all of ours.