Only 4,584 safai karamcharis for 8,656 primary schools in Haryana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 24

There are 8,656 primary schools in Haryana, but only two permanent and 4,582 part time safai karamcharis are working there.

The state government submitted facts in reply to a question by Congress MLA Varun Chaudhary in the just-concluded winter session of the Haryana Assembly.

Only 34 safai karamcharis are employed in Panipat, which is the lowest number, followed by Rohtak 72, Nuh 81 and Charkhi Dadri 90.

Chaudhary said, “If we attach one safai karamchari with a school, then close to half of the schools are left without them.”

“Otherwise, there is so much focus on Swachh Bharat Mission. Even cities are graded as per cleanliness now. But the data reflects that primary schools are not the priority,” he added. Chaudhary said he asked this question from the government as primary school teachers had approached him because they were paying for safai karamcharis from their pocket. “In primary schools, children are not even toilet-trained. So, there is more requirement of safai karamcharis there,” he pointed out.