Around 2,000 data entry operators from both private companies and government departments, who were engaged in computerisation of applications of the Praja Palana programme in Mancherial district, are still waiting to receive their wages for a month.
The operators were engaged to digitize 2.83
lakh applications received from the public to extend benefits of six guarantees under Abhaya Hastam during the eight-day Praja Palana programme held in the district. They were engaged by seven municipalities and gram panchayats of the district to carry out the job by promising to pay Rs.15 per application on a daily basis.