Ludhiana, Aug. 2 -- Ahead of chief minister Bhagwant Mann's visit to Ludhiana on Sunday, sanitation workers on Saturday called off their strike in the city following talks with the Punjab government, paving the way for an extensive garbage clearance drive after nearly six days of disruption in waste collection.

The chief minister will inaugurate a School of Eminence in the city on Sunday.

The breakthrough came after a meeting between Punjab local government minister Harjot Singh Bains and leaders of sanitation workers' unions.

Union representatives agreed to suspend the agitation after the government assured them that most of their long-pending demands had been accepted, while discussions on the remaining issues would continue at a fol...