Women and Child Welfare Minister Prafulla Samal inaugurated the All-Odisha Anganwadi Workers’ and Helpers’ Front’s meeting here. local MlA and Puri Planning Board Chairman Samir Ranjan Dash organised it.
All the workers and helpers of 374 Anganwadi Centres were present in the meeting. It was not a Government programme and the first of its kind organised in Nimapara. The workers and helpers told Minster Samal that they were not getting proper pay for their works. The Government is employing them in various programme implementations, but not paying minimum wages. The Minister assured them to take up the matter with the Chief Minister. The meeting assumes importance as women SHG and Anganwadi Workers are the strength of the BJD, sources said.