KTR launches biometric for sanitary workers

Feb 01 :The Minister formally launched the attendance system which has been introduced by the civic body to keep a check on possible irregularities of sanitary staff.Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K.T.Rama Rao launched biometric attendance system for GHMC sanitary workers in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

OpenHyderabad: The Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K T Rama Rao on Tuesday launched the biometric attendance system for the sanitary workers of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.At the GHMC head office, the Minister formally launched the attendance system which has been introduced by the civic body to keep a check on possible irregularities of sanitary staff.

Apart from attendance irregularity, a regular complaint GHMC receives from residents is about sanitary workers skipping their duties and not clearing garbage from their localities. A main complaint for some years has been about more workers being shown in the attendance register and drawing wages accordingly, while fewer workers operated on the ground.

To address these irregularities, the biometric system was introduced covering all the 22,000 workers and initially it was being launched in circle 2, 9A and 14 B.The GHMC is utilising over 1,200 handheld scanners to scan the fingerprints of the workers hiring scanners on monthly charges of Rs 1,175 from a private company.To avoid any duplication, a Sanitary Inspector will be entering the Aadhaar card and scan the fingerprint of the workers. After the fingerprint matches the Aadhaar details in the central server, attendance will get marked.