: Doctors working for the North and East Delhi municipalities have threatened to go on strike from Monday, alleging that they haven’t been paid their salaries for October and November.
The Municipal Corporation Doctors’ Association (MCDA) had issued a notice to the commissioners of the two civic bodies informing them of the planned strike. The doctors will be on strike for three hours for five days starting Monday.
“If our salaries are still not disbursed by December 22, we will go on an indefinite strike, for which the authorities will be responsible,” said Dr. R.R. Gautam, the president of the MCDA.
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He added that the doctors were against resorting to agitation, but had no options left as repeated pleas had fallen on deaf years. Apart from the salaries for the last two months, the doctors have asked for 18 per cent per annum for the past year as salaries were late every month.