MCDs not releasing salaries of doctors shameful, Centre must grant funds to civic bodies: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday stated it’s shameful that docs of MCD-run hospitals are pressured to protest over wage dues and requested the Centre to grant funds to municipal firms in order that their paychecks will be issued.

Several docs in hospitals run by the North MCD have claimed they haven’t been paid in three months and have been protesting for the final two weeks.

Kejriwal additionally alleged gross mismanagement and corruption within the functioning of the MCDs and stated it was time issues had been set proper.

There was no instant response obtainable from the North MCD.

“It pains me that our doctors have to protest for their salaries. These doctors risked their lives to serve us during the pandemic. This is shameful,” the CM stated whereas inaugurating a waste-to-energy plant on the Ghazipur poultry and fish market.

“We have been witnessing that civic bodies have not been able to pay salaries of teachers, sanitation workers and doctors over the years. Why is there such an acute shortage of funds in MCDs?” he requested.

“We have released more funds to the MCDs as compared to previous governments. We have given them more than their due,” he stated.

Kejriwal stated there ought to be no politics over the problem of docs’ salaries and everyone ought to make efforts to make sure they get their paychecks.

He claimed that the Centre has been “providing grants to municipal corporations across the country, barring Delhi”. “I request the Centre to give funds to MCDs so that they release salaries of doctors,” the CM stated.

The pandemic has hit the tax assortment of the Delhi authorities. Still, it has been managing affairs correctly and releasing salaries of its docs and lecturers, he stated.

“If we had the funds, I would have given the salaries of doctors of MCD-run hospitals today itself… doesn’t matter if it was as per the Constitution or not,” he stated.