India, June 16 -- leena.dhankhar@hindustantimes.com

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) will soon hire 144 assistant sanitary inspectors (ASIs) on a contractual basis through the Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam Limited (HKRNL) in a bid to strengthen urban sanitation and address longstanding workforce gaps, officials said, adding that recruitments will start from this month and the new ASIs will be deployed within two months.

The move follows an internal review revealing a critical shortfall in supervisory staff for sanitation operations. Currently, just five sanctioned ASIs oversee 5,824 Safai Karamcharis and Sewermen, a ratio MCG officials describe as untenable.

"The current structure falls far short of operational requirements,"...