Anganwadi workers demand hike in wages

Patna: Anganwadi workers staged a strong demonstration at Gardanibagh on Wednesday in support of their long-pending demands that include substantial increase in wages.

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Anganwadi workers' agitation leads to heavy traffic jams in Patna

Patna, April 20, 2017: Movement of traffic in all important roads of the state capital came to a standstill following a blockade put up by hundreds of Anganwadi workers at Dak Bungalow crossing on Thursday.

Anganwadi workers slowly gathered at the Dak Bungalow crossing from 10 am and started demonstration there from 11 am. Sensing the gravity of the situation police swung into action and dispersed the agitating Anganwadi sevikas.

It took more than four hours for police to pacify the agitators and clear the blockade. The blockade immediately showed its impact as huge traffic jams were witnessed in all the roads leading to Patna Junction or Gandhi Maidan.

It may be mentioned here that Anganwadi workers were on war path for the past one month demanding revision in their wages. Thy sat on indefinite dharna at Gardanibagh and a few days ago they tried to take out a procession to Vidhan Sabha to press for their demands but police stopped them from marching ahead.

Police detained 15 sevikas but they were released in the evening. Police also have lodged FIRs against 2000 unknown persons.

Anganwadi workers demands;

• Give the status of government employees 
• Include them as Class III and Class 4 employees
• Enhance salary of Sevika to 18000 and Sahayika to 12000 till giving them the status of government employees
• Fixed working hours to 8 hours
• Give additional honourarium to sevikas (Rs 7000) and Sahayika (Rs 4500) as being given by Telangana government 
• Cancell Anganwadi Vikas Samiti
• Continue with Poshahar Sanchalan Samiti as was earlier
• Medical benefit, maternity leave of 180 days, medical and casual leaves. 

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Anganwadi workers continue agitation

Patna, April 10,2017: Anganwadi workers continued their agitation and held dharna-cum-meeting at Gardnaibagh in support of their long-pending demnads on Monday.

The agitating volunteers also tried to break the police cordon for moving  ahead. Police stopped them using mild force.

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Anganwadi workers meet Lalu Prasad

Patna, April 7, 2017: Anganwadi workers met Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad on Friday and urged him to solve their grievances. For nearly one month, Anganwadi workers drawn from different parts of the state were staging demonstration in support of their demands including pay hike at Gardanibagh, the place earmarked for peaceful dharnas and demonstration by Patna district administration.
They also submitted a memorandum of demands to the RJD chief. RJD is the bigger partner of the Grand Alliance Government in Bihar led by Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar.
It's learnt that Lalu Prasad assured the delegation that he would put their demands before concerned department.
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Anganwadi workers continue agitation

Patna, April 6, 2017: Anganwadi workers continued agitation in support of their demands on Thursday.
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Anganwadi workers demonstrate before Gandhi Maidan Police Station

Patna, March 31, 2017: Anganwadi workers gheraoed Gandhi Maidan Police Station on Friday demanding immediate release of fellow workers who were arrested by the police on Thursday while demonstrating against government at Gardanibagh. By the end of the day, all the arrested Anganwadi workers were released.
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Anganwadi workers stage demonstration

Patna, March 28, 2017: Anganwadi workers staged demonstration in support of their demands on Tuesday.
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Anganwadi workers take out huge protest rally in Patna

Anganwadi workers took out a rally and staged demonstration in support of their demands in Patna on April 10, 2015.
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Anganwadi workers take out huge protest rally in Patna

Anganwadi workers took out a massive rally and staged demonstration in support of their demands in Patna on March 9, 2015.
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Anganwadi workers and police in a clash

Police personnel engaged in clash with Anganwadi workers when the former tried to stop the latter in taking their procession from a certain limit in Patna on March 9, 2015.
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Anganwadi workers stage massive dharna

Anganwadi workers took out a massive rally and staged demonstration in support of their demands in Patna on October 10, 2014.
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Anganwadi workers stage strong demonstration

Anganwadi workers staged a strong demonstration in support of their long-pending demands in Patna on July 24, 2014.
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Anganwadi workers take out protest march

Anganwadi workers took out protest march in support of their long-pending demands in Patna on February 18, 2014.
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Anganwadi workers take out protest rally

Anganwadi workers took put a massive rally and staged demonstration in support of their demands in Patna on February 11, 2014.
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Anganwadi workers stage demonstration in Patna

Anganwadi workers took out a rally and staged strong demonstration in support of their long-pending demands in Patna on July 22, 2013.
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Anganwadi workers stage demonstration

Anganwadi workers of Bihar took out rally and staged demonstration in Patna on March 24, 2011 in support of their demands.

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