Shimla, May 16 -- With more than 900 sanitation workers employed under the Shimla Environment, Heritage Conservation and Beautification Society (SEHB Society) remaining on strike, the Shimla Municipal Corporation has activated alternative waste collection arrangements across the city to prevent disruption in sanitation services.

Speaking to ANI in Shimla, Surinder Chauahan, Mayor of Shimla, appealed to sanitation workers to resume work, assuring them that their demands regarding a 10 per cent issue linked to Assured Career Progression (ACP) would be addressed positively.

The Mayor said the Municipal Corporation had already forwarded the relevant file and fixed June 4 for consideration of the matter by the ACP.

"I have told our sanitati...