On May Day, the Chief Minister of Telangana, K Chandrashekhar Rao, announced a special gift for the sanitation workers in the state. As part of the announcement, a salary hike of Rs. 1000 per month for 1,06,474 sanitation workers in the state was declared. The CM directed the finance department officials to comply with the due process to implement the decision. This salary hike will be implemented immediately and will benefit sanitary workers in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board, municipalities, and gram panchayats across the state. Moreover, the Chief Minister also said that the salaries of employees of the State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) would also be hiked soon.