While trash covered the streets and garbage dumps overflowed in East Delhi on Monday, residents had to bear the brunt of the ongoing strike by municipal sanitation workers.
Safai karamcharis of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) have been on strike since June 2. They have been demanding wages for the months of April and May. The BJP-led municipal corporations have accused the Delhi government of withholding funds. However, the Aam Aadmi Party-led government has alleged that the civic bodies have diverted funds meant for salaries elsewhere.
Even as the political stalemate continues, East Delhi residents say they are stuck in the middle.
Savita Gupta (75), a resident of Mayur Vihar Phase-I, said: “The dhalaos are spilling over with garbage and the stench has become unbearable.”
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front Federation president B.S. Vohra said there are huge mounds of trash outside the homes of residents of Azad Nagar, Geeta Colony, Krishna Nagar, Yamuna Pushta and Shastri Park. “East Delhi has become a garbage bin,” he added.
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