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Jal Jeevan Mission and Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural) Employees Appeal to Chief Minister for Pending Salaries

Solapur, Jan 12 (UNI) Employees working under the Jal Jeevan Mission and Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural) across Maharashtra have appealed to the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking immediate release of their pending salaries.
Around 1,600 contractual employees working in District Water and Sanitation Mission Cells under Zilla Parishads in all 34 districts have not been paid their salaries for the past four months.
The initiative has been led by Milind Bhosale, president of the Contractors’ Association. On Monday, in Solapur, a delegation from the State Water and Sanitation Action Committee, led by president Ramakant Gaikwad and executive president Sachin Jadhav, met Milind Bhosale to discuss the issue in detail.
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