Summary:
Kamleshwar SinghTENSION BETWEEN the garbage collectors and Chandigarh Municipal Corporation escalated on Tuesday when 500 garbage collectors were detained by the police after they tried to stop Municipal Corporation’s trolleys from carrying garbage to the dumping ground and the processing plant at Dadumajra. Politics on displayPolitical parties made the most of the situation and tried to encash the garbage collectors’ strike. While BJP councillor Rajesh Kalia addressed the collectors, Congress leader Manish Tewari too came to the spot and spoke to the garbage collectors. The garbage collectors were taken to the Sector 34 police station and released by evening with a warning. The accused also obstructed the garbage collectors from performing their duties..