Coimbatore Corporation to provide safety gear to over 1,000 conservancy workers by February 2024
The HinduTo address the issue of conservancy workers collecting and segregating waste without basic protective gear such as gloves and masks, the Coimbatore Corporation will soon be placing an order worth ₹33,76,374 to provide 1,011 workers in the East, West and South Zones with surgical masks, latex gloves, raincoats, cut shoes, bags, caps, gum boots and jackets by February 2024. During the council meeting held recently in the city, Mayor Kalpana Anandakumar passed a resolution on purchase of safety gear for conservancy workers. Councillors also said that knee-high gum boots need to be purchased instead of the customary ankle and calf-length boots that fail to prevent water from entering shoes when workers wade through stagnant rainwater. Quality concerns In addition to this, conservancy workers told The Hindu that they were provided with a box of 30 single-use gloves, but were expected to wash and reuse them everyday.
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