Sanitary workers seek salary on time

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Sanitary workers on contract have submitted a petition to officials of the Vellore Corporation seeking timely disbursal of salary every month. There are close to 1,000 sanitary workers engaged on contract basis in the Corporation. Submitting a petition on behalf of the workers, J. Thulasiraman, Vellore city president of All India Scheduled Caste, Yuvajan Samaj, said as per labour laws, salary should be disbursed to workers on the 5th of every month.