Sanitation staff continue strike; EDMC says salaries paid

[Informalisation and Labour Rights - Related News]

Garbage remained strewn across most parts of east Delhi for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday as a section of sanitation workers refused to call off their strike demanding pending salaries and arrear payments. On Tuesday, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) said that the salaries of the sanitation staff had been paid on Monday using ₹119 crore that the Delhi government had transferred on the same day. In a statement, the EDMC said that after a meeting with Commissioner Mohanjeet Singh "all unions" had called off the strike and promised to return to work by Tuesday evening".