Overview

• On August 5 the MA&UD department reduced marshals’ monthly pay from Rs 27,000 to Rs 22,750, triggering workforce unrest.
• Ninety-three retired army personnel staged a protest at Hydraa’s Budha Bhavan office and submitted a signed resignation threat demanding a pay reversal.
• Supervisor Vilas Rathod said the marshals have given the agency three months to resolve the pay issue or move ahead with collective action.
• Commissioner A V Ranganath held a one-hour meeting with the marshals and pledged to engage MA&UD and study salaries in Maharashtra and Bengaluru.
• The marshals’ duties include guarding water bodies and overseeing encroachment demolitions, raising concerns over civic operations if morale deteriorates.