Delhi sanitation workers unions call off strike, rift among leaders

October 25, 2015 20:22

Sanitation workers unions today decided to call off their three-day-old strike following an assurance from Delhi Government, even as a section of workers said that they will continue their protest till all their demands are met by the authorities.

"We have decided to call off the strike after a meeting with Delhi Minister Sandeep Kumar who assured us that the government will give the remaining portion of grant for this financial year in December. "The decision to call off strike was also taken in view of the approaching Diwali festival," Sanjay Gehlot, president of Swatantra Mazdoor Vikas Sanyukt Morcha, said. Claiming that the Morcha represented 27 unions of MCD sanitation workers, Gehlot said the meeting was held after the strikers dumped garbage in front of the residence of Delhi Assembly Deputy Speaker Ram Niwas Goyal and burnt effigy of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

A senior government official said that the Delhi government will release the remaining portion of its annual grant to MCDs in December although it is payable in March next year. The government will also make efforts for payme

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