Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Faridabad Sanitation Workers Protest Minister’s Office Amid 31-Day Strike
Sanitation workers in Faridabad have been on strike for 31 days.
They want their jobs to be made permanent.
On Saturday, hundreds of them protested outside Minister Vipul Goel’s office.
Their union president, Balbir Singh, climbed onto a vehicle in the minister’s convoy.
Police convinced him to come down and put up barricades.
The workers continued shouting slogans and holding their brooms.
The government has warned that workers could face legal or departmental action if they do not return to work.
The union president said the strike would continue despite the government’s warning.
Hundreds of sanitation workers protested outside Local Bodies Minister Vipul Goel’s Sector-16 office in Faridabad on Saturday.
Union president Balbir Singh climbed onto an escort vehicle before police persuaded him to get down.
Workers continued chanting slogans and waving brooms, while police used barricades to block entry.
The workers have been on strike for 31 days, demanding regularisation of their jobs.
The Haryana government warned of legal and departmental action unless workers resumed duties by Saturday.
- Who
- Sanitation workers led by union president Balbir Singh; the protest concerned the Haryana government and Local Bodies Minister Vipul Goel.
- What
- The workers protested outside the minister’s office during a 31-day strike demanding regularisation of their jobs.
- When
- Saturday, September 5; the strike had lasted 31 days.
- Where
- Outside Vipul Goel’s office in Sector 16, Faridabad, Haryana.
- Why
- The workers were demanding regularisation of their jobs and objecting to the government’s handling of their strike.
Sanitation workers
Haryana government
Whether the strike should continue
Sanitation workers
Union president Balbir Singh said the agitation would not stop despite talk of invoking ESMA, citing the 31-day strike and the minister’s failure to meet protesters.
Haryana government
The Haryana government warned workers to resume their duties by Saturday or face legal and departmental action.
Government response to the protest
Sanitation workers
Workers alleged that the government was pursuing repressive policies and had sent Minister Krishan Bedi instead of Vipul Goel to address them.
Haryana government
The government communicated a return-to-work deadline and warned of consequences for continued absence.
- Protest location
- Sector-16 office of Local Bodies Minister Vipul Goel, Faridabad
- Strike duration
- 31 days
- Main demand
- Regularisation of sanitation workers’ jobs
- Protest leader
- Union president Balbir Singh
- Police response
- Barricades were set up, and police persuaded Singh to climb down from an escort vehicle
- Government warning
- Workers were told to resume duties or face legal and departmental action
- Other protest sites
- Ambala, Karnal, Jhajjar, Fatehabad and Charkhi Dadri