<p>Scores of municipal sanitation workers today staged a protest outside Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's official residence here, demanding "immediate" release of funds for their salaries.<br /><br /></p>.<p>They also threatened to suspend work for an "indefinite" period if their demands are not met.<br /><br />"It has been two-three months that the workers have not received their salaries. Despite repeated requests, our demands have gone unheard.<br /><br />"Hence, we have staged a protest here. We will call off work for an indefinite period if our demands are not met," Sanjay Gehlot, president of Mazdoor Vikas Samyukta Morcha, said.<br /><br />Gehlot claimed that employees from all the three civic bodies have taken part in the strike.<br /><br />Besides salaries, the employees are seeking payment of arrears, regularisation of contract-based employees and unification of the three corporations.<br /><br />Workers attached to East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) had gone on strike making similar demands in October last year. But the strike was called off in the wake of a High Court order. <br /></p>
<p>Scores of municipal sanitation workers today staged a protest outside Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's official residence here, demanding "immediate" release of funds for their salaries.<br /><br /></p>.<p>They also threatened to suspend work for an "indefinite" period if their demands are not met.<br /><br />"It has been two-three months that the workers have not received their salaries. Despite repeated requests, our demands have gone unheard.<br /><br />"Hence, we have staged a protest here. We will call off work for an indefinite period if our demands are not met," Sanjay Gehlot, president of Mazdoor Vikas Samyukta Morcha, said.<br /><br />Gehlot claimed that employees from all the three civic bodies have taken part in the strike.<br /><br />Besides salaries, the employees are seeking payment of arrears, regularisation of contract-based employees and unification of the three corporations.<br /><br />Workers attached to East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) had gone on strike making similar demands in October last year. But the strike was called off in the wake of a High Court order. <br /></p>