MANSEHRA: The Alliance of Local Governments Chairmen on Thursday demanded the provincial government release the salaries and other funds of sanitation staff and drivers appointed for cleanliness in village councils across the district.
“The government has not released the salaries of sanitation staff and tri-wheeler drivers provided to village councils in the district and the rest of the Hazara division,” Basharat Ali Swati, the alliance’s general secretary, told reporters here.
Flanked by chairmen of village councils from different parts of the district, he said that sanitation workers and drivers had left their jobs as the government had not paid them their salaries in 2026.
“If salaries are not released immediately and garbage collection does not resume, epidemics may spread in rural parts of the district,” Swati said.
He said that the government had only released three months’ salaries from previous years. “The provincial government has not only suspended salaries but also stopped overhead funds for sanitation in village councils, creating a complete mess,” he added.
