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Updated Jan 26, 2021 | 07:53 IST
Safai workers took off their shirts and protested at the Surat municipal corporation (SMC) headquarters after the body announced the demolition of a chawl they called home. The workers staged the protest at the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) headquarters and demanded action (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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On Monday, safai workers in Surat staged a protest at the city municipal office
The workers protested against the demolition of a chawl where they lived and demanded the construction of a new building
Surat: Sanitation workers in Surat, Gujarat staged an unusual protest on Monday as they took off their shirts and sat on a dharna. The safai workers sat on the dharna to protest the demolition of the Valmiki Nagar chawl in Rampura and demanded the construction of a new building at the same location.
Safai workers, including men and women, joined the protest and sat on dharna inside the SMC headquarters on Monday
Surat: In an unique protest, the safai workers sat on dharna on Monday, taking off their shirts at the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) headquarters to protest the decision of demolishing the Valmiki Nagar chawl at Rampura and demanded a new building at the same location .
About 90 families of the Valmiki Samaj, who are employed as the safai workers with the SMC, have been living in the Valmiki Nagar chawl at Rampura since last many years. Recently, the SMC decided to demolish the houses provided to the safai workers and shift them to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) houses in different parts of the city.
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