Ludhiana, May 8 -- A group of overaged sanitation employees, who claim they were not regularised along with their colleagues, staged a protest at the municipal corporation (MC) Zone A office on Wednesday. In a symbolic gesture, they offered candies to MC commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal, expressing their frustration over what they described as 'meethi goli' (fake assurances) regarding permanent jobs.

The protest coincided with a decisive meeting between the Municipal Employees Federation Punjab and key MC officials, including commissioner Dachalwal and mayor Inderjeet Kaur. Federation representatives voiced a strong demand for immediate action to improve the working conditions of sanitation workers in the city.

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