India, May 16 -- Sanitation workers of the Municipal Corporation (MC) went on a strike on Friday, halting all waste collection to demand the regularisation of contractual staff.

The strike included workers involved in collecting waste, contractual drivers, and gardeners.

Various workers' unions protested outside the Municipal Corporation's Zone A office. Vicky Sahota, state president, Rashtriya Safai Karamchari Mahasangh, claimed that around 3,000 workers had gathered at the protest.

The workers' will return to work on Monday, he said.

They said hundreds of workers have been working on a contractual basis for years now but they haven't been regularised yet.

"A contractual worker doesn't have any job security and is paid around Rs.10,...