The city’s sanitation workers continued their six-day protest on Monday as they were joined by thousands of MCD school teachers, who refused to report for duty, hampering academic work.

The teachers, who had earlier announced a chalk-down strike, on Monday decided to go on a complete strike. The strike by nearly 12,000 teachers of about 1,100 NDMC and EDMC schools will affect around seven lakh students, a senior municipal officer said. “We have been on a chalk down strike, but today the teachers of the North and East corporation schools went on a complete strike,” said Ram Niwas Solanki, general secretary of Nagar Nigam Shikshak Sangh.

“The teachers are facing problems as they have not been paid salaries for 2-3 months. Not only this, other payments, like pension, GPF and arrears, too, haven’t been cleared,” he claimed.

A group of striking employees also met lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung and took up their problems with him. “We met the lieutenant-governor and placed our problems and demands before him. We requested him that Rs 5,000 crore were needed to solve the crisis over the non-payment of salaries and arrears of the employees,” said Sanjay Gehlot, president of Swatantra Mazdoor Vikas Sanyukt Morcha. “The L-G assured us that he would write to the Delhi government and asked us to meet him on February 3,” he added.

The United Front of MCD Employees said the protests in various parts of the city continued as the demands of the striking employees are yet to be fulfilled.

“All the municipal corporation employees, including sanitation workers, teachers, doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, engineers and other technical and non-technical staff are on strike,” said Rajendra Mishra, president of the front.

The sanitation workers staged protests in front of the residences of AAP ministers and MLAs across the city. The protesters threw garbage at the residences and offices of AAP ministers.

“Protests were held in front of the residences and offices of minister Kapil Mishra, AAP Model Town MLA Tripathi and the party’s Sadar Bazar MLA Som Dutt,” said a protest leader.

The striking workers said they threw garbage and held demonstrations in Laxmi Nagar, Sangam Park, Uttam Nagar and other areas of North and East Delhi, he added.

Meanwhile, South Delhi Municipal Corporation has issued a public notice warning of “administrative action” against any employee for going on strike. The civic body said the workers were being paid timely salaries every month and there was no salary-related problems.