Karnataka - Bellary   

Anganwadi workers stage protest

BELLARY: The district unit of the Karnataka State Anganwadi Workers Federation staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Monday seeking implementation of several demands.

The workers, who came in a procession shouting slogans, submitted a memorandum addressed to P.M. Narendraswamy, Minister for Women and Child Development, through the headquarters assistant to the Deputy Commissioner, urging him to find solutions to their problems. They have sought increase in honorarium, better retirement benefits and pension, withdrawal of the order entrusting Stree Shakti groups with supplying nutritious food, enactment of a special provision to appoint already selected anganwadi workers , housing facilities and cooking gas connections.

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