Most of the sanitation workers of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation today resumed work after having gone on nearly a week-long strike in protest against delay in payment of their salaries, the civic body said.
The safai karamcharis of the cash-strapped EDMC had gone on strike on Friday on the call of Delhi Safai Karmachari Union.
"Most of the sanitation workers today resumed work after going on a strike in protest against delay in payment of their salaries," East Delhi Municipal Commissioner Amit Yadav said.
"They were also on duty today", he added.
The employee stir had led to collection of heaps of garbage at various public locations in east Delhi such has Patparganj, Laxmi Nagar, among others.
Yadav said "All 154 auto-tippers of Shahdara (North) Zone were on duty, while 54 tractor trolleys were deployed to collect the garbage. In the morning shift, garbage was lifted by 165 trips of trucks from the different areas."
Similarly, in Shahdara (South) Zone, today 43 trucks and 8 loaders were deployed and they lifted and disposed huge garbage.
All 174 dhalaos (garbage dumps) were cleared. All 145 auto-tippers were on duty in the morning shift and they would remain deployed till late night, the EDMC said in a statement.
Commissioner Yadav added that all safai karamcharis will also remain on duty tomorrow as well, to clear the backlog, though it is a gazetted holiday on account of Mahavir Jayanti.
