The Telegraph reported on Tuesday that waste was lying on the pavement in the heart of the city for days, at a time dengue infections is at its peak...
Prasenjit Kar, the chairperson of the board of administrators, on Thursday had said that a garbage processing unit had been launched in ward IV of the town...
These past four days, garbage collection had stopped across the city as over 2,500 staff had gone on strike over demands such as permanent jobs and pay hike...
Under the banner of the Uttarbanga Safai Karmachari Samiti, they have raised a number of demands, which include permanency of their jobs and hike in wages...