Bhopal facing sanitation crisis as over 15,000 municipal employees strike, leaving garbage piled up in the city during Diwali festivities. Bhopal: The state capital of Madhya Pradesh is facing a sanitation crisis on Dhanteras, the beginning of Diwali festivities, as around 15,000 Municipal Corporation employees remain on an indefinite strike, leaving garbage piled up on roads, markets and residential colonies.