Odisha: Police Forcibly Disperse & Pick Up Protesting ANM Workers In Bhubaneswar
2 min read Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police on Saturday forcibly dispersed and in addition picked up Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) employees protesting at Lower PMG sq. within the Capital City.
A scuffle reportedly ensued between the police and the ANM protestors who had been on protest demanding regularisation of jobs.
“We will continue our protest till the Odisha government fulfill our demands. We respect the Republic Day celebrations and hence, moving from this place (Lower PMG square) for the time being,” mentioned a protestor.
“We have been protesting here for the last 60 days and now, the police are forcibly picking us up. Is this the reward for all our works and sacrifice during Covid times,” rued one other ANM employee.
It is pertinent to say right here that each one the protestors on the Lower PMG sq. had been requested to vacate the world in view of the Republic Day parade follow.
Earlier on December 15, two ANM employees tried to set themselves on hearth by pouring kerosene on their our bodies. They had been nonetheless overpowered by different protesting ANM employees and safely rescued.
As per stories, a lot of them have additionally resorted to a starvation strike alleging that the involved authorities have didn’t act on their grievances.
“We were appointed at panchayat level to work at Covid Care Homes (CCH). Many of us have not received a salary for the services we have done. The government removed us from the job without any notice after three months of the appointment. We want reinstatement,” a protesting member had earlier mentioned.
It is value mentioning that the State authorities had engaged some 21,000 ANMs, employees nurses and Pharmacists on a short lived foundation to enhance the well being workforce for clean functioning of Covid Care Homes (CCH). They had been reportedly appointed on a every day wage foundation for a interval of three months or until the CCHs are useful.
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