Ludhiana, Dec. 3 -- The National Health Mission (NHM) staff across the district went on a pen-down strike on Tuesday to protest the delay in salaries for the last two months.

The workers staged a protest demonstration at the civil hospital and claimed that they haven't received salaries since October.

"We didn't get our salary for October. It is December already. Without salaries, how are we expected to survive?" lamented Amarinder Singh, a clerk at civil hospital under the NHM.

"We have gone on a pen-down strike. We will come to work but not perform our duties in protest of the non-payment of salaries. If salaries are not paid soon, we may have to go on a complete strike," said Amarinder.

District nodal officer NHM, Dr Amanpreet Kaur...