Summary:
The petitioners have also questioned bringing of the municipal solid waste management services under the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA). The BBMP also clarified that the municipal solid waste management services were brought under the ESMA by the government in the best interest of the citizens. A submission in this regard was made by BBMP counsel V.
Sreenidhi during the hearing on petitions filed by a group of contractors engaged for solid waste management services. Meanwhile, in its statement filed before the court, the BBMP defended the decision taken by the government for directly paying the wages to pourakarmikas. The BBMP will transfer the monthly wage of ?17,500 to the accounts of each pourakarmika once they are opened, the counsel said..