A large number of anganwadi workers and assistants from the district staged a demonstration outside the District Collectorate here on Friday seeking recognition as government employees.
A release said that the members of Tamil Nadu Anganwadi Workers and Assistants Association took out a rally and staged a dharna outside the Collectorate. The Association’s district secretary Shanthi led the demonstration on Friday.
The protesters also demanded time-bound salaries, adequate pension, and retirement benefit of ₹10 lakh for workers and ₹ 5 lakh for assistants, according to the release.
Members of the Tamil Nadu Anganwadi Workers and Assistants Association will stage a demonstration in Chennai on February 5 and will submit petitions to Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami listing their demands, according to the release.
In Tiruppur, the anganwadi workers and assistants staged a demonstration outside the Tiruppur Corporation office on Mangalam Road on Friday.
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