Sanitation workers of Benipatti Nagar Panchayat have commenced an indefinite strike from Thursday, staging a protest at the Nagar Panchayat office. The strike is being organized under the banner of the Bihar Local Bodies Employees Federation Bihar and the Local Body Employees Federation United Struggle Front. The workers are pressing for a three-point charter of demands.

The striking employees include Benipatti union president Bablu Safi, general secretary Chandan Ram, vice president Ruby Devi, treasurer Raghunandan Ram, along with Bhajju Mallik, Munna Safi, Ranju Devi, Pinky Devi, Rakesh Paswan, Rajesh Paswan, Kisun Dhankar, Surendra Dhankar, Jase Safi, and Ashok Mahto, among others. Their key demands include regularizing the services of daily wage, contractual, and other temporary sanitation workers who have been employed for years, and ensuring their job security. They also seek to abolish the contract and outsourcing system, advocating for these workers to be granted the status of municipal body employees. Furthermore, the workers are demanding effective measures to curb economic exploitation, corruption, middleman practices, and insecure employment conditions. Full implementation of the ACP (Assured Career Progression) and MACP (Modified Assured Career Progression) schemes and payment of pending dues are also part of their demands. The sanitation workers have been vociferously protesting to highlight their demands and unity.