Panchkula, Oct. 23 -- Garbage collectors protested outside the municipal corporation office building in Sector 14 on Thursday. They alleged that the outsourcing company, which was awarded the city's new garbage collection contract, was offering them wages below the Haryana government's prescribed DC rates. The protesters met mayor Sham Lal Bansal and submitted a representation with their demands. President Mukesh Kumar, and chairman Karamvir Singh Bedi of the door-to-door garbage collectors welfare society, said the protesters were engaged in garbage collection in Panchkula for a long time, collecting waste from households for a daily charge. They said the municipal corporation had awarded the door-to-door garbage collection contract to the company a few years ago, but the society's collectors continued working in areas where they still had households to serve. They alleged that the contractor was now attempting to displace them and remove their carts. They also expressed concern over the proposed monthly wage of Rs.11,000 offered by the company, which they claimed was substantially lower than the Haryana government's DC rate of approximately Rs.19,000 per month. The mayor called a seven-member delegation of the society for another round of talks on October 23....