Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation employees goes on strike

Nearly 500 employees of Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation in the district went on a strike Thursday to protest an attack on municipal staff.

Five employees of the corporation including surveyor Sriram Zople were injured in an attack by a mob at Umbarde village in the district Wednesday, police said.

The employees had gone to the village for a survey of a plot where pumping station is proposed to be built. A mob allegedly opposed the survey and attacked them.

Five persons were arrested for the attack Thursday, Khadakpada police said. Protesting the incident, employees of the corporation went on a strike.