Doda, June 4 -- Sanitation workers in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district launched a protest on Thursday, demanding the regularisation of their services, better wages, and basic employment benefits.

The strike, led by members of the Chenab Valley Safai Karamchari Union, has disrupted sanitation services and raised concerns about public health and hygiene. Protesters said they were forced to intensify their agitation after years of unfulfilled promises from successive administrations.

Irshad Ahmad, Chairman of the Chenab Valley Sanitation Workers and Union President of the Doda Committee, said workers had been protesting for more than a decade without any resolution to their demands.

"We have been staging such strikes continuously since 2...