The Anganwadi Employees and Helpers Association in Coimbatore staged a sit-in protest in front of the Coimbatore district collectorate demanding various demands, including that the main anganwadi centres with less than 10 children should not be converted into mini centres.
Coimbatore: The Tamil Nadu Anganwadi Workers and Helpers' Association organised a sit-in protest in Coimbatore, requesting a variety of demands.
The Tamil Nadu Anganwadi Employees and Helpers' Association announced a state-wide hunger strike to push for their various demands, including that main centres with fewer than ten children not be converted into mini-centres.
Accordingly, protests were held today in various districts around Tamil Nadu. As part of this, more than 100 Tamil Nadu Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Association members protested in front of the Coimbatore district collectorate, led by the association's district president Shanthi.
The plan to make main centres with fewer than ten children into mini-centres, as well as the idea to merge mini centres with fewer than five children into the main centre, should be dropped.
The new pension scheme should be scrapped and the old pension scheme should be implemented, permanent and periodic salaries should be paid, local transfers should be given and the vacant posts should be filled up immediately.
Anganwadi centres should be given a month-long holiday, just like schools and colleges are given summer holidays.The demands including granting one year maternity leave should be given to anganwadi workers as well as government employees.
Protesters also raised slogans in favour of these demands.