Aafrin Kidwai 
Sanitation workers and garbage collectors in Chandigarh have announced an indefinite strike in the city from today. The door-to-door waste collectors have decided to support the strike call by the Safai Karamchari Union.
They are opposing MC’s plans to introduce garbage collection vehicles and taking over the door-to-door garbage collection. “No sanitation worker will pick garbage or conduct cleanliness work in markets, roads and residential streets. The garbage can pile up as the corporation has turned a deaf ear to our genuine demands,” union president Krishan Kumar Chadha informed The Herald Tribune.
“Sanitation workers will not transport waste to the Dadumajra dumping ground. As many as 32 employee unions of various departments are supporting us. On Friday, we will march from the Medial Officer of Health office to MC office in Sector 17 and sit there on a dharna,” he added.
The unions had approached MC officials on Thursday for negotiations. However, no conclusive meeting could take place.
Picture Credit: @Swacch Chandigarh
