MCD workers strike enters 11th day, senior doctors and nurses decide to resume work

The protests by MCD employees entered its 11th day on Saturday, even as garbage continued to pile up in the national capital.

Senior doctors, nurses and paramedics of the Municipal Doctors Association have decided to call off the strike, pending ratification by the General Body meeting.

Resident doctors, however, have decided to continue their protest demanding payment of pending salary dues.

This comes a day after the Delhi High Court pulled up the MCD on Friday, holding it responsible for keeping the capital clean. The Delhi police also warned the AAP-ruled government of a total breakdown of law and order if the strike continues.

The police on Friday wrote a letter to the Delhi government on the ongoing MCD strike, predicting total breakdown of law and order if the strike continued. The police also expressed fear of the breakout of an epidemic in Delhi.

They also fear clashes may take place if someone tries to remove garbage forcefully.

Police say traffic movement has been disrupted because of sanitation workers throwing garbage on streets.

The MCD employees are protesting demanding payment of salary dues. This despite the Delhi government extending Rs 551 crore loan to the civic bodies for payment of salaries. The MCD employees are demanding a permanent solution to the problem.