Delhi government today claimed it has facilitated the removal of around 80 per cent of the rubbish from city roads following the strike by sanitation workers that entered its sixth day today.
During a cleanliness drive undertaken by the Public Works Department (PWD) and Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia claimed that garbage lifting has been going on round-the-clock for over 60 hours now.
According to Delhi government, teams of PWD and DJB staffers have "successfully" cleaned 'dhalaos' in several areas with the garbage disposed of at designated landfill sites.
"In Gandhi Nagar, Viswas Nagar, Shahdara, Seemapuri, Rohtas Nagar and Gokalpur, 70 per cent of the garbage was lifted by PWD and DJB teams. Besides, 95 per cent of the waste was removed in Patparganj, Krishna Nagar and Laxmi Nagar," Sisodia told reporters.
Among the areas where 80 per cent of the garbage has been removed were Sadar Bazar, Chandni Chowk, Burari, Matia Mahal, Ballimaran and Karol Bagh, he said.
A senior government official said that DJB and PWD workers will continue their cleanliness drive until the strike by sanitation workers in the BJP-ruled municipal corporations has ended.
Delhi ministers, AAP MLAs and hundreds of party workers hit the streets yesterday to clear garbage.
Over 60,000 sanitation workers are on strike in protest against non-payment of their salaries.
