Fadnavis also heads Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) which is the asset owner of Mumbai Monorail.
More than 175 employees of the Malaysian based Scomi Engineering involved in operations of India's first Monorail, who were sent on leave in June, have now appealed to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to ensure that operations of the Monorail start at the earliest considering it is a mass transportation system and the employees feel that once operations start, their unpaid salaries since April 2018, will be paid.
Fadnavis also heads Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) which is the asset owner of Mumbai Monorail.
The services of Monorail between Chembur and Wadala are shut since November 2017 after a fire incident. After the fire, the second phase of Monorail between Wadala and Mahalaxmi also has not been made operational over uncertainty of a operator and safety of the commuters.
The employees have written to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and appealed on Twitter saying how they have been employed with Malaysian Scomi Engineering's India's company named Urban Transit Private Limited and for three years their pay scale has not increased further creating problems for them as cost of living is increasing every other day.
DNA had reported on June 16, 2018, how the staff at Monorail's Wadala depot were asked to sit at home and work from home. The employees of Scomi are from the electrical department, rolling stock department, operations, systems, security, pilots and also station masters.
An employee under the condition of anonimity said, "We have not got our salaries since April 2018 and are also left jobless considering we are asked to sit at home. We have appealed that the state government should take interest in restarting the Monorail operations."
The employee added, "Earlier we were told that we will get our pending salary by mid-July but we did not, and now we are told that by end of July we will get the pending salary but there is nothing written and all is plain verbal communication."
THE CURRENT SITUATION
- More than 175 employees of the Malaysian based Scomi Engineering involved in operations of India’s first Monorail, who were sent on leave in June, have now appealed to CM to look into the matter.
- Employees haven’t received salaries from April, 2018 and are technically unemployed
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