India, Oct. 24 -- New Delhi

The strike by Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD's) domestic breeding checks, who are the corporation's field works in anti-mosquito drives, entered its 26th day as mediation by the labour department and the mayoral committee failed to break the gridlock over their protest in pay disparity among workers in different zones.

This continued to impact checks on breeding sites in the city, according to MCD data. Although other field workers of MCD were roped in for field visits, with around 73,250 house visits being carried out in the week ending October 18, it was far less than over 943,000 visits made in the week ending September 27, before the strike started.

Debanand Sharma, who heads the DBC Union (Anti M...