Section of East Delhi sanitation workers still on strike

A section of sanitation workers of the East Delhi Municipal corporation continued their strike for the 7th day staging Dharnas in different parts of the national capital today.

Unions held protesters in areas like Jhilmil Colony, Patparganj and Laxmi Nagar vowing to not clean East Delhis streets till their demands are met.

East MCD reached out to sanitation workers for the second time by holding negotiations with union leaders but to no avail.

After talks with workers, the department had come to a conclusion, but when some demands were not met, safai karamchaaris hit the streets again on Wednesday.

Sanjay Gehlot, President of Swachhata Karamchari Union said,"They gave us many assurances in the meeting said we would get our money soon because they have no money presently and also agreed to meet us demands. We decided to call of the strike, but when the minutes of te meeting were published they ommitted some crucial information"

Saying the authorities are making false promises another woman said,"Government says they've given the money, MCD says they have none. Where is it all going? For how long do we suffer?"

Meanwhile, the MCD has hired private contractors to clean East Delhi's streets as garbage in the area continues to pile up for the 7th day. The corporation claims they need 582 cores to pay salaries, arrears and bonuses to the workers. With insufficient funds, an dworkers claiming upto 10 lakh is owed to each karamchari, the problem is far from over.