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Tamil Nadu launches welfare schemes for sanitation workers amid privatisation row
Tamil Nadu announces six new welfare schemes for sanitation workers, including free morning meals, insurance, housing, education assistance, and health programs. MK Stalin reaffirmed government support amid protests against job privatisation.
Tamil Nadu govt to celebrate Independence day, crushing its sanitation workers' protest
“Every Independence Day, you hoist the flag, take the day off, and celebrate freedom. But all these years not once have we been free from cleaning the roads and picking up garbage on this day. India may have won its freedom, but we never have.” said Lakshmi, a sanitation worker protesting outside Chennai’s Ripon Building, just hours before police forced her into a bus and evicted her from there. On this 79th year of Independence, Chief Minister …
A resolution was passed in the corporation meeting on June 16 (16.06.2025) awarding a contract to a private company for the sanitation work to be carried out in zones 5 and 6 of the Greater Chennai Corporation for Rs. 276 crore. In protest against this, temporary sanitation workers have been protesting for the past 13 days near the Ribbon Building, the headquarters of the Chennai Corporation. Meanwhile, in the hearing of the case filed in the Ma…
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