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On Friday, workers in the remaining wards declared support to them. Till now, the work has been done by municipal labourers, who have been told that they will be shifted to a civic department that is in charge of sweeping roads.“Sweepers are already present. MUMBAI: Municipal labourers responsible for garbage collection and disposal went on strike on Friday morning against the BMC’s new contractual system, leaving waste heaps to rot across the city through the day.Earlier in the week, such workers had gone off work in the three wards (see graphic) where the new garbage collection system is being implemented. Why put more staff in that department? “We are only transferring them to another department, which as their employer we can do,” said an official.The union called off the strike in the evening after the BMC assured it that no jobs will be cut and garbage workers would be accommodated in the system, said deputy municipal commissioner for solid waste management Vishwas Shankarwar..