New Delhi, April 1 (IANS): The Delhi government has decided to release money for the salaries of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) sanitation workers, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday.

"We have decided to release the money for the salaries of sanitation workers of east Delhi. Soon they will get their salaries," said Sisodia addressing a press briefing at the Delhi secretariat.

The sanitation workers of the EDMC had recently staged protests against the delay in their salaries since February.

As part of the protest the workers not only refused to clean the streets, but dumped garbage at various locations and streets.

Sisodia also said that the money will be used only for the purpose of salaries and not other works of the sanitation workers.

Asked about the amount to be released by the government for the purpose, Sisodia said that he was yet to fix the amount and the work was in progress.

"Within 2-3 days people will get to know about the figure too," Sisodia said.