Warning of a health epidemic, Delhi High Court today directed the city government to ensure immediate release of funds to East Delhi Municpal Corporation to pay dues to employees for May and observed that sanitation workers cannot be expected to work without salaries. "Why should the poorest wait for their salary. We have gone past promises. People on ground are suffering. Why should they work without salary?" the court said and issued a slew of directions to immediately clear the "alarming proportions" of garbage which has been piling on streets due to a strike by the workers.
1. Garbage piled up over the last few days at Laxmi nagar (East Delhi )
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2. East Delhi Municipal Corporation sanitation workers decided to go on strike
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Garbage piled up over the last few days at Laxmi nagar (East Delhi ) due to East Delhi Municipal Corporation workers strike on Friday.
3. The main roads are littered with days of uncollected garbage
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4. Residents cover their mouth and nose to avoid the stench that lingers in the district
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5. Piles of garbage cover more than half the road near Akshardham in Delhi
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6. Vehicles ply on what remains of a wide road where garbage continues to pile up
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7. A woman covers her mouth to avoid inhaling the foul smelling odour that blankets the locality
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