Chennai, Aug. 6 -- Hundreds of sanitation workers, employed under the National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) continued their protest for the sixth consecutive day on Wednesday in front of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), demanding a rollback of the civic body's decision to privatise solid waste management services in Thiru Vi Ka Nagar, and Royapuram zones in the city.

"We wont leave this place until we get the order," the protesting sanitation workers demanded, while sitting at the edge of the GCC office, barricaded and with a shaded canopy to help them from the sweltering sun.

One of the protesting workers, Subba, has appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin to "consider us as your daughters and sisters," and provide th...