SRINAGAR, APR 21 : Scores of Anganwari workers and helpers stages protest today to demand release of pending wages and regularization of their services.
The Anganwadi workers earlier assembled at Eidgah Beehama and later marched towards the DC office to press the government over their demands. They later held a sit-in on Beehama-Safapora road and blocked the road and chanted slogans in favour of their demands.
Later police reached the spot and asked protesting Anganwadi workers to remove the blocked on the road. However the protesting Anganwadi workers were reluctant and refused to disperse and continue their protests.
As the protesters didn’t back down police swung into action and used batons and some smoke shells to disperse them.
When contacted SHO Ganderbal Nisar Hurrah told Press Trust of Kashmir that the protesting Anganwadi workers disrupted traffic on the Beehama Safapora road leading massive traffic jam in the area did not remove the blockades they were forced to resort to fire some smoke shells to disperse them. (PTK)
