Hundreds of Asha Workers from across State under the banner of the Asha Karmi Union Sanjukta Morcha held a demonstration in front of the State Assembly here on Monday pressing for their various demands.
Union leaders Namita Sahu and Nalini Sahu spoke about the reasons behind the rally. AITUC general secretary Dr Souribandu Kar and national president Ramkrushna Panda and CITU president lamodar Nayak and general secretary Bishnu Mohanty urged the State Government to fulfil the demands of the Asha Workers.
The demands included providing Rs 1,000 per month for working for Mamata Diwas, sector meeting, vaccination, birth and death certificates, provision of quota for the Asha Workers in Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) promotion, reservation for trained workers, bus passes, rest rooms in every health centre, appointment of Asha Workers for the Asha houses on rotation basis, a hike in the retirement fund from Rs 10,000 to Rs 1 lakh and minimum pension of Rs 3,000 per month and others.
Among others, Matilada Kulu, Rajendra Singh, Banabasini Mahapatra, Sitarani Das, Kumudini Pradhan, Prabin Das, Bikash Behera, Jukuli Das, Pankaj Majhi and Sura Jena were present.