The indefinite state-wide stir by contractual sanitation workers seeking fulfilment of their demands entered its 18th day on Thursday. Over six hundred sanitation workers gathered in front of the Noida Authority office and raised slogans, urging the government to break its silence and meet their demands. Sitting outside the Noida Authority’s office in Sector 6, the protesters said they had two key demands – sanitation workers should not be employed on contract and that salaries of the workers should be equal. Since September 1, sanitation workers have been protesting against the contract system put in place by the Noida Authority, alleging that contractors are nowhere to be seen. Many of the protesters who had threatened to convert to Islam if their demands were not met, have also been booked by the Sector 20 police.
— source newsclick.in | 18 Sep 2020