Plea to expand MGNREGS to urban areas in Erode

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Members of the All India Democratic Women’s Association came to the Collectorate to taxable   petition successful  Erode successful  Tamil Nadu connected  Tuesday.

Members of the All India Democratic Women’s Association came to the Collectorate to taxable petition successful Erode successful Tamil Nadu connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: GOVARTHAN M.

Urging the Central authorities to grow the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to municipality areas and summation the fig of workdays from 100 to 200, members of the All India Democratic Women’s Association submitted a petition astatine the Collectorate present connected Tuesday (October 14, 2025).

Led by territory caput J. Arundadhi, the members pointed retired that the territory comprises 14 panchayat unions, 10 blocks, and 225 colony panchayats, with implicit 3 lakh registered workers nether the scheme. However, they said that regular employment was not provided during the past year. The petition sought to guarantee timely disbursal of wages and to summation the regular wage complaint to ₹600.

They further noted that the territory has 42 municipality panchayats, 4 municipalities, and 1 Corporation, wherever galore radical beryllium connected farming for their livelihood. Extending the MGNREGS to municipality areas, they said, would assistance amended the surviving conditions of these workers.

In different petition, the relation urged the State authorities to instrumentality effectual measures to curb the prevalence of ganja among students and youth. They said the usage of banned substances contributes to rising transgression rates and an summation successful offences against children and women. The members besides demanded a simplification successful the fig of Tasmac outlets and shorter operating hours. Later, the members submitted the petitions to the officials.

Published - October 14, 2025 07:38 p.m. IST

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