Overview
- The municipal commissioner said the privatized collection tender will not be implemented until worker issues are resolved, delaying the rollout.
- The Punjab Safai Mazdoor Federation suspended its strike for 15 days following the assurances and warned it will resume if commitments are not met.
- Garbage accumulated across the city during the multi-day stoppage, highlighting the extent of disrupted sanitation services.
- Mayor Amarjeet Singh Sidhu sought a report on the breakdown and criticized the launch process for sidelining elected representatives and sanitation workers.
- Workers demand pay hikes, regularisation, equal-pay implementation, release of pending dearness allowance, promotions, scrapping a GPS attendance system, and cancellation of outsourcing, and a 59-year-old died at a protest with the cause unconfirmed.