: Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) of Khariar block staged a demonstration in front of the local ICDS office on Wednesday. Hundreds of AWWs arrived in a procession shouting slogans against the Government policy of keeping the salaries and other benefits to AWWs very low.
They also denounced the decision of the DSWO to hand over the procurement of eggs to SHGs. When the eggs all over the State are being procured by the AWWs, why the DSWO in Nuapada is involving the SHGs here," they asked.
A memorandum with 10 demands addressed to the Collector was submitted in the ICDS. The demands included enhancement of salary, weighing of rice bags while allotting the quota to the AWCs, implementation of pension benefits, maternity leave, financial support for mobile recharge, etc.
The procession was led by Mukta Majhi, president, Gitanjali Bishi, secretary of Anganwadi Workers’ Association and BJP leader Jadumani Panigrahi.