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Many of the employees recruited nether the TN Rights task demanding disbursal of 2 months pending wage staged a sit-in protestation outside the Department of Differently Abled Welfare bureau connected Collectorate field here on Monday.
The protesters claimed that the NGO, which was liable for releasing the wage to astir 274 unit successful Madurai district, has been withholding the outgo citing vague reasons.
K. Manimaran, 1 of the petitioners, said 274 radical which besides included otherwise abled persons were hired successful June 2025 nether the task funded by the World Bank.
“As portion of the task the staff categorised into assorted sections based connected their skills would involve in surveying the number of differently abled radical successful the territory for their education, income, wellness care, among others,” helium said.
Adding, Mr. Manimaran noted that the works they carried retired were important successful implementing schemes, earmarking the people beneficiaries, and chalking retired plans to implement projects.
In this situation, for the months of April and May, the recruited people person not been paid.
“While the outgo ranges from ₹10,000 to ₹25,000 based connected the category, nary of america person received adjacent a azygous rupee,” helium alleged.
Without the payment, the unit depended solely connected the money, were struggling to conscionable their regular expenses, helium said.
Though they person taken the contented to the Differently Abled Welfare Department officials, they person not gotten any due reply till date.
Along with releasing the pending payment, Mr. Manimaran, said, the outgo which was nether the power of the NGO should beryllium taken implicit by the authorities itself.
“Due to the engagement of the NGO, we are not capable to question them for our rights,” he stated.
