The strike by MCD workers in Delhi enetered its 13th day on Monday.
The sanitation workers of the three municipal corporations today agreed before the Delhi High Court to call off their strike and resume work immediately after the civic bodies said they have released their wages which would be received by all within two days.
As the strike entered its 13th day on Monday, the workers claimed that majority of them have not received salaries for January 2016 though the corporations say that wages were released on February 5.
The municipal corporations of Delhi (MCDs) told a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath that the funds were released on February 5, but as some zonal offices were closed, everyone may not have received the wages and those who have not got their salary will get it in a couple of days.
The court listed the matter on February 10 when it will also hear arguments on issues of payment of other arrears as well as unification of the corporations, which were raised today by unions representing the workers.
During the brief hearing, the unions contended that salaries were not received by all as claimed by the MCDs.
They also said that trifurcation of the corporations had resulted in increase in expenditure by three times and sought unification of the three MCDs.
The court was hearing a public interest litigation that sought lifting of garbage littered on streets due to the sanitation workers strike and that the stir be called off as it was causing hardship to residents of the city.
The court on that February 5 had remarked that sanitation workers cannot "hold the city to ransom" by going on strike if they have been paid their salary.