Mysuru: Urging for fulfilment of their various demands, more than 1,000 Anganwadi workers and nearly 500 ASHA workers staged separate protests near the Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Office here this morning.
The demands of the members of State Anganwadi Workers Association, Mysuru District Committee, who staged the massive protest, include starting of LKG and UKG classes at Anganwadi Centres, release of funds to purchase vegetables and eggs, immediate release of the hiked honorarium made by the Central Government in Oct. 2018, to change the present retirement facilities and introduce LIC-based pension, to pay 75% honorarium to Anganwadi Assistants, to fill vacant Anganwadi and Assistant posts among others.
