Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Indore Sanitation Workers Strike Over Long-Pending Demands
Sanitation workers in Indore have started a five-day strike.
They say they want better and fairer work conditions.
Their requests include permanent jobs, equal pay and more permanent workers.
They also want support for families when a worker dies on duty or cannot work because of a medical problem.
Workers gathered at the municipal headquarters, but no senior official came out to receive their written demands.
Some workers were still on duty Monday because they did not know about the strike.
Unions say all sanitation work may stop from Tuesday.
The city corporation says it has sent extra workers to help keep the city clean.
Sanitation workers began a five-day strike on Monday at the Indore Municipal Corporation.
Unions warned that all sanitation work could stop from Tuesday.
Workers are seeking permanent status, equal pay and 5,000 additional permanent posts.
Other demands include family jobs in specified cases, ending the NGO system and an extra month’s Diwali salary.
The corporation says it has deployed extra workers and will mobilise more if the strike continues.
- Who
- Indore sanitation workers and unions; the Indore Municipal Corporation is making contingency arrangements.
- What
- Workers began a five-day strike and warned of a full sanitation-work shutdown from Tuesday.
- When
- The strike began Monday; unions said all sanitation workers would join from Tuesday. The article does not specify calendar dates.
- Where
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh, including the Indore Municipal Corporation headquarters and Regal Square.
- Why
- Workers are protesting long-pending demands, including permanent status, equal pay and additional permanent positions.
Workers’ position
Municipal corporation’s response
Demands and strike
Workers’ position
Workers say their long-pending demands have not been addressed and are seeking changes including permanent status, equal pay and more permanent posts.
Municipal corporation’s response
Additional Commissioner Prakhar Singh said demands that can be resolved at the civic-body level would be addressed; the corporation has deployed extra sanitation workers.
- Strike duration
- Five days
- Start
- Monday
- Planned full shutdown
- Unions warned all sanitation workers would join from Tuesday.
- Additional posts sought
- 5,000 permanent sanitation workers
- Other demands
- Permanent status, equal pay for equal work, specified family employment, abolition of the NGO system and an extra month’s salary during Diwali
- Corporation response
- Extra workers were deployed Monday, with more personnel to be mobilised if the strike continues.