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Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) from crossed the State converged successful the metropolis connected Thursday (March 5, 2026) to enactment successful the ‘Chalo Vijayawada’ programme, demanding a revision of wage and different benefits. Later successful the day, national leaders were invited for talks with authorities officials.
Speaking connected the occasion, K. Dhana Lakshmi, wide caput of the A.P. ASHA Workers’ Union, affiliated to CPI (M), expressed interest implicit the expanding workload portion the wage remained stagnant.
The authorities keeps introducing caller mobile applications, and expects ASHAs to enactment tirelessly time successful and time retired without leaves, she alleged. “How tin 1 enactment without a day’s rest? Except for maternity leaves, we bash not bask immoderate different types of leaves. No week offs, casual leaves, aesculapian leaves and nary festivals oregon nationalist holidays for us,” she added.
The demands see assistance of assorted types of leaves, summation successful their honorariums from ₹10,000 to ₹26,000, simplification successful the workload, proviso of prime mobile phones and uniforms, summation successful the fig of ASHAs proportionate to the increasing population, designation of Community Health Workers arsenic ASHAs and summation successful their wage from existing ₹4,000 to ₹26,000. They besides demanded proviso of ₹20,000 for ceremonial expenses.
According to a property enactment from the department, Minister for Health, Medical Education, and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav assured them that they volition analyse the connection to wage ₹15,000 for ceremonial expenses and instrumentality steps to assistance leaves successful accordance to the norms prescribed nether the National Health Mission.
Regarding their requests for a mobile telephone and uniforms, the Minister responded positively, and besides assured them that 1,363 vacant posts volition beryllium filled soon. “About the summation successful pay, the Minister told america that the substance has to beryllium taken up with the Chief Minister. We volition hold for 3 months. If we bash not spot immoderate advancement successful this period, we volition motorboat protests,” Ms. Dhana Lakshmi said.
