Summary:
“Show cause notices will be issued to joint commissioners seeking their response on why there was a delay,” said Mr.
Prasad, who has directed that pending salaries be paid in two days. Ruling Party Leader M.
Shivaraju urged the commissioner to hold zonal commissioners responsible for the timely release of salaries. BBMP Commissioner N.
Manjunath Prasad admitted that though the head office had released funds towards disbursement of salaries to pourakarmikas, the zonal joint commissioners had failed to release the salaries on time. Since January, the head office had released a total of ?163 crore to the eight zones. Joint Commissioner (Health and Sold Waste Management) Sarfaraz Khan maintained that the civic body had made all the ESI payments..