{"id":182449,"date":"2025-08-30T21:51:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T16:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=182449"},"modified":"2025-08-30T21:51:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T16:51:28","slug":"no-salary-for-1-5k-sanitation-workers-in-new-delhi-schools-for-five-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/08\/30\/no-salary-for-1-5k-sanitation-workers-in-new-delhi-schools-for-five-months.html","title":{"rendered":"No salary for 1.5K sanitation workers in New Delhi schools for five months"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"New Delhi: Nearly 1,500 sanitation workers, deployed in around 250 schools, have been working without receiving a single rupee in salaries for the past five months.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, the issue has been formally raised with the directorate of education by senior lawyer Ashok Agarwal, who has urged immediate intervention.<\/p>\n

In a letter addressed to the secretary of education, Agarwal highlighted that the workers, hired through outsourcing agency Orion Security Solutions Pvt. Ltd, have been denied wages since April 2025. The sanitation staff, who come from some of the most economically vulnerable sections of society, are engaged in daily cleaning and maintenance of government schools under the directorate of education.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the last five months, these sanitation workers have not been paid their due salaries. It is most unfortunate that these employees, who already belong to a very low-income group and live hand-to-mouth, are being subjected to such inhuman treatment,\u201d Agarwal wrote.<\/p>\n

Calling the situation \u201cillegal and unjustified\u201d, Agarwal argued that the non-payment amounted to a violation of the fundamental right to livelihood guaranteed under Articles 21 and 23 of the Constitution of India, apart from breaching several labour laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Delhi: Nearly 1,500 sanitation workers, deployed in around 250 schools, have been working without receiving a single rupee in salaries for the past five months. According to Kashmir Media Service, the issue has been formally raised with the directorate of education by senior lawyer Ashok Agarwal, who has urged immediate intervention. In a letter …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":182453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t