Assam Times: Last Gate: Less a capital more a site for strike

Last Gate: Less a capital more a site for strike
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Editor on 25 March, 2008 06:29:00
 
Protesters thronged in thousands with anti-government slogans in Dispur Last
gate on Tuesday demanding government steps to address the problems they have
ben facing for years. As many as one thousand state anganwadi workers from
across ther state were staging dharna raising the 8 point charter of demands.
talking to reporters they rued that rigth from 2004 they have been doing lots
of protest demanding some basic facilities to run the anganwadi centres. But
they said nothing has come out. "What is more painful is that as per discussion
on November 5, last year the social welfare minister agreed to pay them Rs 300
as salary per month for the anganwadi workers with Rs 200 for their assistants.
Even it received Chief Minister's consent On 23rd November. But of no avail,"
said the protesters.
Moreover, some more people were led by the Joint Council of Trade Union  staged
dharna with some demands. These organiations were from sector, telecom, postal,
electricity, state PSUs. Their  demand include fresh recruitment in the various
department, revival of the state PSUs, industrialisation, withdrawal of new
pension scheme, strengthening of the public distribution system in the state.
They further sent a memorandum to Chief Minister urging him to look into it.