Delhi Sanitation Workers on Strike Again, Garbage Piles Up

Sanitation workers of Delhi call a strike again. Garbage piles up in an alarming rate.

A scene from the June strike – will we see a repeat soon? (Photo: PTI)

Delhi’s sanitation workers are on strike again, after a gap of four months. They went on strike in June for twelve days and now 27 unions of safai karmacharis have declared an indefinite strike for multiple reasons, including non-payment of salary.

Deccan Herald reports the protest which started on Friday jeopardises the special sanitation drive called by the three civic bodies to clean up the garbage collected on Thursday after the burning of effigies of Ravana on the occasion of Dussehra. Like last time, the East Delhi Corporation is the worst hit among the three.

When the festivities end, Delhi will see around 6,000 tonnes of garbage per day collectively.

Ravinder Gupta, the mayor of NDMC, however maintained that the strike is just a “rumour” and that the workers are on duty.