NEW DELHI: Political point scoring over the municipal employees' strike continued with Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung writing to CM Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia for a financial bailout to the civic bodies and the Delhi cabinet passing a resolution demanding that the LG ask the Delhi Development Authority to pay Rs 1,575 crore that it owes to the corporations.The state government also released data to show it had issued more funds to the BJP led municipal bodies as compared with previous years.Meanwhile, civic services continued to be hit despite the Delhi government claiming hat the PWD was working overtime to clear garbage from across the city. The LG's letter came after he met a delegation of striking employees and requested them to withdraw their agitation over non-payment of salaries.In his first letter to the government on the issue, Jung is believed to have asked the CM and his deputy to step in and assist the corporations in tiding over their financial crisis. The government, however, denied receiving the letter till late Monday evening.“We met the LG and apprised him of our demands. We told him Rs 5,000 crore is needed to clear the dues of ,“ said Sanjay Gehlot, president of Swatantra Mazdoor Vikas Sanyukt Morcha. Soon after meeting the staff unions, the LG held a meeting with senior officials in his secretariat before writing the letter.Earlier in the day , deputy CM Manish Sisodia, who chaired a meeting of the state cabinet that passed a resolution in this regard, also slammed the civic bodies for failing to collect taxes properly , thereby forcing the state government to shell out more funds.“The Delhi government is concerned about the continuous strike of sanitation workers who are making a reasonable demand as they have not received salaries for several months. DDA owes Rs 353 crore to East MCD. It also owes Rs 808 crore and Rs 593 crore to the North and South corporations, respectively.“Why aren't the BJP-led corporations demanding their dues from DDA? The Delhi cabinet has passed a resolu tion requesting the LG, who is also the DDA chairman, to intervene,“ Sisodia said.He said it was Jung's responsibility to get all dues cleared. “After all, the striking staff also have a genuine grouse. Why should they suffer?“ Sisodia added.The deputy CM claimed that the AAP government had released more non-revenue (salaries) funds to all the three civic bodies as compared to the past three years.“In 2012-13, the Sheila Dikshit government had given Rs 269 crore to East corporation, followed by Rs 288 crore in 2013-14. During the President's rule, Rs 366 crore was released to the East MCD.But, the AAP government gave Rs 466 crore during 201516,“ he said.The city government had given North Corporation Rs 526 crore in 2012-13, Rs 559 crore in 2013-14 and Rs 545 crore in 2014-15. But in the current financial year, the Delhi government had released Rs 893 crore, Sisodia said.