Mcd Strike

Days after issuing a warning, the BJP-led EDMC yesterday terminated the services of 26 contractual sanitation workers and suspended 17 others, with immediate effect for allegedly "creating obstruction" in work, the civic body said.

As thousands of striking sanitation workers of the East civic body protested near at Jantar Mantar, they were stopped by the Delhi police from taking their agitation to the parliament. In the visuals of the protest, the policemen can be seen using force to stop protesters from marching ahead.

After thousands of sanitation workers of the East civic body protested near the Delhi chief minister's home, Arvind Kejriwal has agreed to meet them. Will tell them the "truth", he tweeted.

The Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal is at the Amar Colony Market, meeting shop owners who are protesting the civic body's sealing drive

The Delhi High Court today asked the AAP government to release within three days the arrears of sanitation workers of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), who are on indefinite strike since Wednesday.

Garbage and civic problems seem to be mounting for the residents of east Delhi ahead of Diwali as the indefinite strike by a large section of municipal sanitation workers of the area entered its second day today.

For east Delhi residents, this Diwali season would mean a stench-filled air, as scores of municipal sanitation workers today went on an indefinite strike over various issues, including over not getting salaries

A city court on Thursday reserved an order on a complaint seeking an FIR against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly misleading people by saying that municipal corporations are not under the AAP government's control.

With a section of them suspending their strike and another deciding to continue it, the striking unions of Municipal Corporation sanitation workers were divided over calling off their stir following their appearance in the High Court today.

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.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today returned from Bengaluru after undergoing 10 days of naturopathy treatment for his chronic cough at a private medical institute.

Refusing to end their stir, the sanitation workers unions today said they will seek a "permanent solution" for their grievances from the court, even as municipal authorities claimed that the strike has been called off by other employees of the civic bodies.

The future of thousands of students for now remains closed behind the locked gates of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi- run school. Though schools have been closed for the past five days, Farhat, Farzaana and Nikhat walk to Nigam Pratbibha Vidyalaya in Turkman Gate everyday just to find out when their school will reopen.

A section of municipal corporation doctors today called off their strike called to press for payment of salaries, urging authorities to refrain from taking "punitive action" and cutting salaries for participating in the strike.

Nine months pregnant Hasrat Bibi was due to deliver her baby on February 2. Overdue and tired, she has been waiting at Delhi's Hindu Rao hospital for hours, hoping that to see a doctor. But that hasn't happened yet.

Days after issuing a warning, the BJP-led EDMC yesterday terminated the services of 26 contractual sanitation workers and suspended 17 others, with immediate effect for allegedly "creating obstruction" in work, the civic body said.

As thousands of striking sanitation workers of the East civic body protested near at Jantar Mantar, they were stopped by the Delhi police from taking their agitation to the parliament. In the visuals of the protest, the policemen can be seen using force to stop protesters from marching ahead.

After thousands of sanitation workers of the East civic body protested near the Delhi chief minister's home, Arvind Kejriwal has agreed to meet them. Will tell them the "truth", he tweeted.

The Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal is at the Amar Colony Market, meeting shop owners who are protesting the civic body's sealing drive

The Delhi High Court today asked the AAP government to release within three days the arrears of sanitation workers of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), who are on indefinite strike since Wednesday.

Garbage and civic problems seem to be mounting for the residents of east Delhi ahead of Diwali as the indefinite strike by a large section of municipal sanitation workers of the area entered its second day today.

For east Delhi residents, this Diwali season would mean a stench-filled air, as scores of municipal sanitation workers today went on an indefinite strike over various issues, including over not getting salaries

A city court on Thursday reserved an order on a complaint seeking an FIR against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly misleading people by saying that municipal corporations are not under the AAP government's control.

With a section of them suspending their strike and another deciding to continue it, the striking unions of Municipal Corporation sanitation workers were divided over calling off their stir following their appearance in the High Court today.

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.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today returned from Bengaluru after undergoing 10 days of naturopathy treatment for his chronic cough at a private medical institute.

Refusing to end their stir, the sanitation workers unions today said they will seek a "permanent solution" for their grievances from the court, even as municipal authorities claimed that the strike has been called off by other employees of the civic bodies.

The future of thousands of students for now remains closed behind the locked gates of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi- run school. Though schools have been closed for the past five days, Farhat, Farzaana and Nikhat walk to Nigam Pratbibha Vidyalaya in Turkman Gate everyday just to find out when their school will reopen.

A section of municipal corporation doctors today called off their strike called to press for payment of salaries, urging authorities to refrain from taking "punitive action" and cutting salaries for participating in the strike.

Nine months pregnant Hasrat Bibi was due to deliver her baby on February 2. Overdue and tired, she has been waiting at Delhi's Hindu Rao hospital for hours, hoping that to see a doctor. But that hasn't happened yet.