Amroha: When the municipality here advertised for 114 posts of 'safai karamchari' (sweepers), it had hardly imagined that 19,000 applications, mostly from BA, BSc, MA, BTechs and MBAs would come in. While officials of Amroha Nagar Palika are expecting yet more applications, the state government has ordered the selection process to be put on hold as organizations representing sweepers have protested, demanding the posts be reserved only for the valmiki community.

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