Health activists warn of rally in Baroda
Tribune News Service
Karnal, October 8
Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) on Thursday held a state-level rally in CM’s city to press for their demands, including implementation of the remaining points in the notification dated July 21, 2018, grant of status of health workers to ASHA workers and others.
They were assured of a meeting with Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on October 20. They threatened to hold a state-level protest in Baroda constituency on October 22 if their demands are not met at the meeting.
They handed over a memorandum to the district authorities for the CM.
Rani Devi, state vice-president, while addressing the workers said that around 2,000 ASHA workers have been protesting since August 7 to press for their demands and nobody took their demands seriously, forcing them to hold this state-level protest rally. They are demanding implementation of the notification for the regularisation of services of ASHA and NHM workers , she said.
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