The administration of the mental hospital in Maharashtra's Thane has disbursed Rs 58 lakh in long-pending pay arrears of 68 contractual sanitation workers. This move from the administration comes after a Bombay High Court directive, officials said on Friday.

The Shramik Janta Sangh Union, while issuing an official statement, said that workers had staged protests and a 28-day chain hunger strike after their employer, Lokrajya Swayamrojgar Seva Sahakari Sanstha, failed to comply with the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, as per PTI.