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Nearly 3,000 anganwadi workers and the assistants were detained arsenic they blocked vehicular postulation successful Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, and Kanniyakumari districts connected Tuesday to item their demands, including timescale arsenic promised by the DMK successful its canvass manifesto successful 2021.
The protesting anganwadi workers said timescale should beryllium fixed to the anganwadi workers and the assistants and recognise them arsenic “government employees” arsenic promised by the DMK successful its canvass manifesto successful 2021. Besides giving the minimum pension of ₹9,000, the anganwadi workers should beryllium fixed the gratuity of ₹10 lakh portion giving ₹5 lakh to the anganwadi assistants.
Like the teachers, the anganwadi workers, and the assistants should beryllium fixed 30-day summertime vacation successful May each year, they said.
As the anganwadi workers and the assistants staged roadworthy roko astatine Vannarpet, 401 protesters were arrested and taken to a backstage matrimony hall.
CITU State vice-president Russel presided implicit the roadworthy roko organised successful beforehand of Thoothukudi Anna Bus-Stand wherever the constabulary arrested 1,056 anganwadi workers and the assistants.
In Nagercoil, the constabulary arrested much than 800 protesters who staged roadworthy roko adjacent Anna Bus Stand.
Similar agitation was organised successful Tenkasi wherever the constabulary detained much than 500 protesters. The detained protesters were released successful the evening.
