CCC health workers demand arrear wages
Some 500 staff of Urban Primary Health Care Project, funded by Asian Development Bank and run by Chittagong City Corporation, stage a demonstration on Nagar Bhaban premises in Chittagong city yesterday demanding payment of their due wages.Photo: STAR
Staff of Urban Primary Health Care Project in the port city yesterday staged a demonstration before Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) building, demanding payment of their arrear wages. Under the banner of “Nagar Shastho Kendro Karmakorta Karmachari Kallyan Parishad,†around 500 workers of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) project, which was being operated by CCC since 2001, took part in the hour-long demonstration from 10:30am. The workers said they did not get any salary since September this year and were apprehensive about the future of the project and their jobs. The project tenure ended in June this year, following which ADB extended the tenure till December 31. Meanwhile, CCC Secretary Md Shamsuddoha told The Daily Star that the city corporation has decided to use its own funds to pay off the due salary of the project's staff in two phases in January and February respectively. The decision came at a meeting called by CCC Mayor M Monjur Alam with the leaders of the Parishad following the demonstration. Shamsuddoha said due to some problems in the extended period of the project, salary payments from ADB has been pending for three months. CCC sources said if ADB does not provide fund for the next phase, the city corporation would run the project on its own.
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