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The members of Tamil Nadu Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Association staged a protestation successful Ramanathapuram connected Tuesday, urging the fulfilment of promises made by the Chief Minister during the predetermination campaign.
Its State secretary, K. Malliga, said that contempt the Anganwadi workers taking connected each sorts of enactment successful summation to the enactment allotted to them, they were inactive not being considered for receiving immoderate of the benefits accorded to authorities staff.
During the protest, they raised demands for assignment of nutritious repast workers arsenic afloat clip authorities employees, integration of meal strategy with noon repast strategy by implementing it done existing nutritious repast workers.
Other demands included promotion of nutrition repast employees based connected their acquisition qualification and seniority, proviso of 12 months maternity permission for large women connected par with different authorities employees, and a monthly pension of ₹9,000.
Ms. Malliga stated that, though they were promised by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin during the predetermination run that the Anganwadi workers’ demands would beryllium taken attraction of wrong months of assuming power, they inactive person not received immoderate of the alleviation mentioned successful the predetermination promises.
Members of Tamil Nadu Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Association staged a picketing agitation connected National Highway successful beforehand of the Collectorate connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: L. BALACHANDAR
As astir of the Anganwadi workers successful the State were azygous women raising their children and taking attraction of their parents alone, they walk their full time successful the Anganwadi workers for a specified wage of lone ₹3,000 to ₹4,000, she alleged.
Though they would not caput moving for the children and serving them for their welfare, the mediocre wage they were being fixed often discouraged them from putting much effort successful their work, she said.
Ms. Malliga emphasised that granting ‘government employee’ presumption is the lone mode to guarantee their demands for a regular timescale wage and work benefits are met legally and systematically.
Until specified regularisation occurs, she urged the authorities to supply contiguous alleviation by granting retiring workers a monthly pension of ₹9,000 arsenic a safeguard for their fiscal future.
She warned that if their demands were not fulfilled wrong the adjacent 2 weeks starting from January 27, they would signifier an indefinite protestation passim the State.
More than 1,314 protesters were detained by the constabulary and aboriginal released successful the evening.
Similar protests were carried retired by Angwanwadi workers successful Sivaganga, Dindigul and Theni districts.
