Crisis looms as sanitation staff go on strike

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East Delhi residents could have a messy weekend on their hands, with municipal sanitation workers launching a strike on Friday over delay in payment of salaries. The indefinite strike by the sanitation staff of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) could lead to garbage piling up on the streets and spilling out of dhalaos . The EDMC, which has been plagued by a financial crisis for two years now, has been unable to pay staff, including 17,000 sanitation workers, their salaries for November and December.