Delhi Government Announces Rs 1,051 Crore Grant For Civic Bodies To Pay Salaries

Manish Sisodia said despite constrained circumstances due to lockdown, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took this decision as those people who are helping fight the pandemic should get their salaries.

The Delhi government announced on Saturday a grant of Rs 1,051 crore for the three municipal corporations to pay salaries of healthcare workers and other employees amid the second coronavirus wave. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in a virtual briefing, said despite constrained circumstances due to the lockdown, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took this decision as those people who are helping fight the pandemic should get their salaries. Doctors and other employees of the civic bodies are not getting their salaries due to "mismanagement and corruption" in the municipal corporations, the Aam Aadmi Party leader alleged. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation, East Delhi Municipal Corporation and North Delhi Municipal Corporation are all BJP-led civic bodies.