Edulamudi Madhu Babu

Edulamudi Madhu Babu is a well-known Social Activist and State President of AP Municipal Engineering Town Planning&Sanitation Workers Trade Union in Andhra Pradesh, India.

CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION:

In 1973, Edulamudi Madhu Babu was born to the couple Mr Edulamudi Syam Prasad and Mrs Edulamudi Mariyamma and raised in Guntur of Andhra Pradesh State.

In 1989, Madhu Babu obtained his Secondary School Certificate from St. Pauls High School at Phirangipuram of Guntur District and completed his Intermediate education at Andhra Christian College in Guntur of Andhra Pradesh in 1991.

PROFESSIONAL LIFE:

Soon after his education, Madhu Babu became a professional in 2001 as an Out Sourcing Worker to perform tasks, handle operations or provide services for the company and simultaneously handle his family and professional responsibilities.

CAREER IN THE COMMUNITY:

He entitled the Trade Union on December 2011 as The Guntur Municipal Engineering Town Planning and Sanitation Workers Trade Union. He started his contribution to the public as a Member by resolving concerns with the support of the Union with the welfare of the Municipal Workers in consideration. 

He founded the Union and promptly started serving as its Founder and Guntur President, a position he has maintained with remarkable self-assurance since Madhu Babu worked feverishly to complete his responsibilities.

Madhu Babu was appointed as the JAC Member of Municipal Workers in 2016 for his perseverance, dedication, and service, and he has been in the position he was assigned and has rendered services to many through his kind heart by fulfilling the tasks assigned to him, winning the people’s admiration.

In 2021, He extended the reach of his Trade Union to the state level. While serving as State President of the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Engineering Town Planning and Sanitation Workers Trade Union, he increased access to services for municipal workers throughout the state.

Through his positions with the union and the Municipal Workers, he has worked extremely hard to benefit the people from the union’s formation. He continues to work relentlessly for the party’s and society’s development.

Activities Performed:

• Madhu Babu, the State President of the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Engineering Town Planning and Sanitation Workers Trade Union, has performed many activities to recognise the Municipal Labourers in society.
• As a part of the Union Trade, Madhu Babu staged dharnas and Protests for the salary increment of the Municipal Workers and to recognise their hard work for a healthy society.
• He approaches the former Municipal employees to enquire about their standard of living and the purpose of the termination of their employment.
• Madhu Babu demanded the state government provide the required funds for the municipal workers as a part of the nation’s development.
• He enquires the employees about the work pressure from the higher authorities to resolve the issues in the union.
• He organises committee meetings to gather the consequences and the troubles that the labourer are experiencing in the working environment.
• Edulamudi Madhubabu, president of the Andhra Pradesh State Municipal Engineering-Town Planning and Sanitation Workers Trade Union, demanded that Deputy Mayor Vanama Bala Vajrababu introduce a resolution to the general meeting for approval and install a statue of Dr BR Ambedkar based on the Municipal Corporation.
• The petition was delivered to the Deputy Mayor on Monday. Madhu Babu declared that the monument should be formally unveiled in the presence of municipal corporation employees and labourers on Ambedkar’s birth anniversary. Similarly, the Union pleaded with Sri Venkateswara Vigyan Mandir to assume the responsibility for organising the Christmas events that have taken place in Gandhi Park for the last four years.
• The President of the Andhra Pradesh State Municipal Engineering-Town Planning and Sanitation Workers Trade Union petitioned Additional Commissioner Pedi Roja to have the 5th semi-Christmas festivities at Sri Venkateswara Vigyan Mandir. In his statements, he stated that for the last four years, at his union’s urging, he has been leading semi-Christmas festivities at the Guntur Sri Venkateswara Vigyan Mandir; but, for the past two years, owing to the impact of Corona, these celebrations have been placed on hold. Madhu Babu suggested having it at Vigyan Mandir this time around. A statue of Dr BR Ambedkar should also be erected at the city hall. He pleaded for the idol’s public debut on April 14, 2023.
• Workers in the town planning department of the municipal corporation and many security guards at the NTR Stadium have started complaining to the president of the Andhra Pradesh State Municipal Engineering, Town Planning and Sanitation Workers Trade Union that the DCP AE-1s have been negligent in providing uniforms and protective equipment. Company Commissioner Keerthi Chekuri submitted the complaint on Thursday.
• The petition is being presented to Minister Adimulapu Suresh by Edulamudi Madhubabu, the state president of the Andhra Pradesh State Municipal Engineering Town Planning and Sanitation Workers Trade Union. He argued that non-PH personnel in 30 categories of the municipal department should be eligible for Navratnas as well, as they are represented as government employees on the website. It’s not ethical to use the infighting to control your workforce.
• Officials from the city stated they would cease providing emergency services if they were threatened, and the government should bear full responsibility for any issues created for the public. According to the JAC representatives, the city employees’ primary concerns are job security and fair compensation. They said the previous administration had misled the workforce by awarding GO 30 to the engineering employees. They sought that the GO be changed so engineering workers could get skilled and semi-skilled pay.
• Janasena leaders Alla Hari expressed support for the strike of municipal employees, stating that the walkout would be increased if the grievances were not handled. When asked about the pledges made by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy before the election, Janasena leaders Alla Hari remarked that our administration had neglected them. Inquired him. He promised that Janasena would back the municipal employees’ rightful strike. After the dharna, a demonstration was staged at the city hall.
• Ten supervisors in the Sanitation Department’s Multipurpose Health Assistant position are owed back pay from the Andhra Pradesh State Municipal Engineering-Town Planning and Sanitation Workers Trade Union. The president put the question to Edulamudi Madhubabu, the district’s commissioner. This is primarily thanks to City Commissioner Nishant Kumar, who has brought several employee issues to light.
• Madhu Babu argued that ten supervisors working as multi-purpose health assistants in the sanitation department were owed an increase in salary from Rs.12,000 to Rs.15,000 from the moment the government issued the order in 2019, but that the contract business had seized their job without paying them. He implored us to provide this issue with our whole focus and treat the employees fairly. They made similar requests to the relatives of the deceased due to sickness and accidents. According to Madhubabu, the responding commissioner assured him that the issues would be resolved quickly. The Union City Committee began the proceedings by recognising the Commissioner.

Services Rendered During The Pandemic Covid:

• The pandemic had a devastating effect on people’s life. During the Covid crisis, it was challenging for regular people to stay alive.
• During the Pandemic Period, Madhu Babu handed out fruit, meal packets, and water bottles to the people living by the roadsides. In addition, he provided free blankets to those individuals. He donated monetarily to the cause and provided the migrants with food and rice bags.
• During the Corona crisis, the Annadhanam program was made available to front-line workers, including police officers, municipal employees, and emergency personnel.
• To combat the spread of the pandemic in Corona, he has organized an awareness campaign focusing on the need to keep a safe distance from infected individuals and use appropriate safety precautions.
• He offered sufferers of the covid virus financial assistance and the provision of vitamin pills, masks, and sanitisers.
• Even after the second wave of the covid infection, Madhu Babu continued to put his efforts into helping other individuals.
• The residents of the village, as well as others who were in need, received vegetables and fruits from him. The Covid-19 vaccination and the consequences of the virus were the subjects of awareness campaigns at camps and seminars that were conducted.
• The region contaminated with the coronavirus has been designated as a red zone, and residents have been informed of the necessary safety measures and precautions to take.