New Delhi Feb 23 PTI The South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC Wednesday approved a proposal to regularise its daily wage employees such as sanitation workers gardeners beldars who were appointed before 2009 and had been working on the contract basis officials saidThe move comes as the city prepares for civic body polls which are due before MayA notification regarding schedule of the civic election is likely to be announced by the state election commission in the second week of MarchAll the three municipalities are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP while the Aam Aadmi Party AAP is the principal opposition Last civic polls were conducted in April 2017A few days ago the Delhi BJP had announced to regularise daily wage sanitation workers gardeners guards beldars working with municipalities soonThe proposal to regularise daily wagesemployees appointed before or by 2009 was moved by SDMCs leader of the house Indrajeet Sehrawat in the standing committee meeting on Wednesday which was approvedStanding Committee Chairman BK Oberoi said that daily wage employees including sanitation employees beldars played a crucial role in controlling the Covid pandemic but still they are at the constant risk of uncertainty about their jobsSo we have decided to permanently regularise their services and a proposal in this connection has been approved today Wednesday The number of such employees is less as those appointed till 1998 have already been made permanent Oberoi saidHe said that civic officials have been asked to ascertain the number of such daily wages employees so that they can be regularised at the earliest PTI AKM TIR TIR

New Delhi Feb 23 PTI The South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC on Wednesday made it mandatory to get a third party insurance akin to that of vehicles for owners and caretakers of horses mares or horse-drawn buggies to be used for ceremonial purposes civic authorities said The decision was approved by the SDMC standing committee on Wednesday following a court order last year The SDMC authorities said three-four years ago a person had died in Civil Lines after being hit by two racing mares while he was crossing the road The matter was then taken to the court to settle the dispute regarding who will bear the expansesSDMC Standing Committee Chairman BK Oberoi said that in Delhi so far there was no provision of taking third party insurance of horses mares or horse buggies being used in ceremonial or other commercial purposes But now taking third party insurance of horses mares and horse buggies has been made mandatory for their owners and operators to get a license for the same The license will be denied by the corporation if this condition is not met Oberoi told PTI Oberoi said the court had ordered the city government and municipal corporations last year to make the condition of third party insurance for compensation to the victim in case of any untoward incidentThe third party insurance will ensure compensation in cases of any untoward incident such as loss of life or property by these animals being used as personal or commercial purposes Oberoi said The proposal passed by the SDMC said A third party insurance for all the horsesmares and horse buggies to be used for ceremonial purpose will be mandatory The department of veterinary services will ensure this condition at the time of new license as well as their subsequent renewals It also said the applicant shall submit an undertaking to keep SDMC harmless and indemnify from all the acts and deeds leading to any accident causing loss of life or injury to any users or otherwise due to the use of any licensed horse buggy horsemare and the licensee shall be liable to pay compensation arising out of such accidents PTI AKM CK