Municipal sanitation workers stage protest outside CM's residence

Scores of Municipal sanitation workers on Friday staged a protest outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence here, demanding payment of their salaries and arrears.

The safai karmacharis from the Corporations raised slogans near the 6 Flagstaff House in Civil Lines area, partially obstructing the flow of traffic in the street.

"We have been telling time and again that our salary and arrear issues be resolved comprehensively but we are stuck between the AAP government and the BJP-led corporations.

"We have assembled here today to demand Kejriwal that a meeting of the three Municipal Commissioners be called by him and the issue be resolved once and for all," Mazdoor Vikas Samyukta Morcha president Sanjay Gehlot said.

Gehlot said the workers have also threatened to go on an "indefinite" strike if their demands were not met.

"We have not got our due salaries and arrears and we will continue to protest till we don't," he said.

Gehlot claimed employees from all three civic bodies took part in the protest outside Kejriwal's residence.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had in late February approved a loan of Rs 200 crore to the cash-strapped North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) for payment of its employees' salaries.