<p>Miffed over non-payment of salaries for two months, municipal sanitation workers threw garbage at the East Corporation’s headquarter in Patparganj on Friday.<br />The demonstration was a part of the ongoing strike by the safai karamcharis (sweepers) since Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Scores of safai karamcharis assembled outside the headquater around 10 am and shouted slogans: “Desh ke hith mein kaam karenge, kaam ka pura daam lenge (We will work for the benefit of the country, we will take money for the work done)”.<br /><br />The corporation guards locked the gates to stop them from entering the building. So the sanitation workers threw garbage at the gates and demonstrated for over two hours.<br /><br />Safai karamchari unions said the employees have not been given salaries for the last two months. <br />“Officials with the civic agency have been making hollow promises for the last two months. <br /><br />The sanitation workers have not been given salaries for April and May. How can they continue to work empty stomach?” said Rajendra Mewati, president of Delhi Pradesh Safai Mazdoor Union.<br />“We will continue to protest until all sanitation workers get salaries for the last two months,” he added.<br /><br />There are over 8,000 sanitation workers deployed by the civic agency to lift garbage under its areas. <br />The East Corporation is in the red and it requires Rs 100 crore a month to pay salaries to its over 45,000 employees.<br /><br />Even the North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s employees staged a protest at the Civic Centre on Friday. <br /><br />They have also not received salaries for couple of months.<br />“Most of the employees have not received salaries for two months, while there are some who have not got salaries for three months,” said a senior official with the North Corporation.<br />“We are seeking funds from the city government so that the civic agency can at least pay salaries to its employees,” he added.<br /><br />Even the north civic agency does not have funds to pay salaries to its employees. It needs Rs 200 crore a month to pay salaries and other benefits to its over 70,000 personnel.</p>
<p>Miffed over non-payment of salaries for two months, municipal sanitation workers threw garbage at the East Corporation’s headquarter in Patparganj on Friday.<br />The demonstration was a part of the ongoing strike by the safai karamcharis (sweepers) since Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Scores of safai karamcharis assembled outside the headquater around 10 am and shouted slogans: “Desh ke hith mein kaam karenge, kaam ka pura daam lenge (We will work for the benefit of the country, we will take money for the work done)”.<br /><br />The corporation guards locked the gates to stop them from entering the building. So the sanitation workers threw garbage at the gates and demonstrated for over two hours.<br /><br />Safai karamchari unions said the employees have not been given salaries for the last two months. <br />“Officials with the civic agency have been making hollow promises for the last two months. <br /><br />The sanitation workers have not been given salaries for April and May. How can they continue to work empty stomach?” said Rajendra Mewati, president of Delhi Pradesh Safai Mazdoor Union.<br />“We will continue to protest until all sanitation workers get salaries for the last two months,” he added.<br /><br />There are over 8,000 sanitation workers deployed by the civic agency to lift garbage under its areas. <br />The East Corporation is in the red and it requires Rs 100 crore a month to pay salaries to its over 45,000 employees.<br /><br />Even the North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s employees staged a protest at the Civic Centre on Friday. <br /><br />They have also not received salaries for couple of months.<br />“Most of the employees have not received salaries for two months, while there are some who have not got salaries for three months,” said a senior official with the North Corporation.<br />“We are seeking funds from the city government so that the civic agency can at least pay salaries to its employees,” he added.<br /><br />Even the north civic agency does not have funds to pay salaries to its employees. It needs Rs 200 crore a month to pay salaries and other benefits to its over 70,000 personnel.</p>
