TN Announces Sops Sans Job Regularisation, DMK’s Poll Pledge; Opposition Condemns Forcible Eviction of Protesting Sanitary Workers - The Statesman

TN announces sops sans job regularisation, DMK’s poll pledge; Opposition condemns forcible eviction of protesting sanitary workers - The Statesman

Armed with a High Court order, delivered on a PIL petition on Wednesday, directing the removal of workers and their supporters holding the protest without prior permission, the police forcibly evicted them from the place last night midnight.

Greater Chennai Corporation conservancy workers’ protest: Two women advocates detained for ‘instigating’

Two women advocates, Nilavumozhi and Valarmathi, were picked up by the Chennai police at around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday (August 14, 2025) in Velachery, where protesting conservancy workers of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) had been detained at midnight.

Police detain protesting conservancy workers in Chennai - News Today

In a late-night operation, Chennai police detained about 1,000 conservancy workers and their supporters who had been protesting for nearly two weeks outside the Ripon Building, the headquarters of the Greater Chennai Corporation. The protesters, who were forcibly removed from their protest site, were taken to community and wedding halls across the city. ​ The crackdown follows a Madras High Court directive that ordered authorities to clear the u…

Agitating conservancy workers removed, oppn lashes out at ruling DMK

Chennai, Aug 14 (PTI) Agitating conservancy workers were removed by the police here late on Wednesday, a move that drew opposition criticism.The police action came hours after the Madras High Court, said: "We hope and expect that in the name of agitation, the pavements/pathways roads shall not be allowed to be blocked." Police physically removed the workers and moved them in vehicles elsewhere.The workers, opposing the privatisation of sanitati…