Bhopal markets face garbage piling up during a sanitation strike, forcing traders to sweep streets before the crucial Dhanteras shopping rush. A day before Dhanteras, shopkeepers in Bhopal’s bustling New Market and Chowk Bazaar were forced to pick up brooms and clear piles of rotting garbage outside their stores on Thursday, as buyers. Bhopal's sanitation workers' strike has entered its second day, disrupting garbage collection across the city just ahead of Diwali.