Dhanbad Municipal Corporation Sanitation Workers Take Out Torch Procession, Warn of Indefinite Strike

Dhanbad: Sanitation workers of the Dhanbad Municipal Corporation took out a torch procession on Tuesday evening in support of their 25-point demands. Under the banner of the Akhil Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, the torch procession marched from the Zilla Parishad ground to the Municipal Corporation office. Employees raised slogans in support of their demands at Randhir Verma Chowk. The workers demanded an increase in the bonus amount from Rs 2,000 to Rs 15,000, provision of ESI medical cards, regular deposition of PF, regularisation of temporary workers, equal pay for equal work, and the benefits of the 7th Pay Commission. Union State General Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh stated that employees should get respectable wages and social security. He warned that if a positive initiative is not taken on the demands soon, employees will be forced to go on an indefinite strike.