Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday issued directives to increase the service of civil defence volunteers as bus marshals, whereas concurrently initiating proceedings towards the secretaries of the transport and finance departments for delaying their salaries. This determination goals to safeguard the pursuits of girls passengers on public transport within the metropolis, information company PTI reported.Â
Based on the report, officers disclosed that the Lieutenant Governor has instructed the Vigilance Directorate to evaluate the proposal for motion towards the officers concerned earlier than it’s offered to the Nationwide Capital Civil Companies Authority (NCCSA) for a ultimate determination. The plan of action will probably be decided based mostly on the findings of the Vigilance examination.
In a communication addressed to Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot, Chief Minister Kejriwal additionally urged the discharge of pending funds to bus marshals earlier than the Diwali competition, the report mentioned.Â
Kejriwal emphasised the pressing deployment of house guards as bus marshals throughout Delhi, however till this deployment course of is accomplished, civil defence volunteers serving as bus marshals will proceed to make sure the security of girls passengers.
Moreover, Kejriwal instructed Gahlot to provoke suspension and disciplinary actions towards Ashish Kundra, Principal Secretary and Transport Commissioner, and Ashish Verma, Principal Secretary of Finance, for allegedly inflicting delays in wage funds to bus marshals, PTI reported.Â
At present, bus marshals are staging an indefinite sit-in on the Delhi Secretariat, demanding the settlement of their unpaid wages.
In a current round, the Directorate of Civil Defence clarified that civil defence volunteers ought to solely be summoned for duties associated to “catastrophe administration and hostile assault”. Earlier, the Delhi Lieutenant Governor, V Okay Saxena, had accredited a proposal from the Chief Minister to discontinue the companies of civil defence volunteers as bus marshals. This determination was based mostly on the understanding that civil defence volunteers shouldn’t be deployed for normal bus marshal duties.
The LG had additionally steered that the civil defence volunteers who lose their jobs could possibly be thought-about for appointments to over 10,000 positions as house guards, as accredited by him. The Chief Minister’s directive proposed appointing civil defence volunteers as house guards and deploying them as bus marshals.
Based on the PTI report, sources famous that the LG, within the curiosity of the bus marshals’ livelihoods, had all the time urged the related authorities to behave in accordance with present authorized provisions. The engagement of civil defence volunteers as bus marshals was formally terminated by way of an order issued on October 31, following the statutory pointers.