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An anganwadi worker, Chitra, 59, of Korkai Thuraiyur connected the outskirts of Kumbakonam, who was progressive successful the Special Intensive Revision exercise, reportedly attempted to extremity her beingness connected November 18 owed to dense workload. She was progressive successful the task successful Kumbakonam Corporation limits.
According to authoritative sources, Chitra, a widow, was looking aft 2 anganwadi centres successful Nachiyarkovil country for the past 35 years.
On November 17, Corporation Commissioner Gandhiraj, portion reviewing the SIR exercise, had reportedly faulted the functioning of Chitra arsenic a SIR enumerator and asked her to upload 200 SIR entries by Monday nighttime without neglect oregon look action.
She went to the Anganwadi connected Tuesday greeting and past called her colleague, Jai, stating that she did not consciousness well. Jai rushed to Nachiyarkovil and recovered Chitra successful an unconscious state. He rushed her to the Government District Headquarters Hospital, Kumbakonam, successful an autorickshaw. She was admitted to the intensive attraction portion and her beingness was saved.
On proceeding astir the developments, a radical of anganwadi workers gathered connected the infirmary premises and staged a objection demanding enactment against the Corporation Commissioner alleging that his ‘high-handedness’ was the crushed for Chitra’s effort to extremity her life.
The demonstrators claimed that Chitra wrote a missive stating that her workload was dense and she faced different issues work-related forcing her to instrumentality the utmost step.
While the Kumbakonam West constabulary person registered a lawsuit and are investigating, the Corporation officials remained tightlipped and refused to entertain immoderate query from the media.
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