Midday meal workers demand better facilities, increase in wages

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Cooks and helpers of the Akshara Dasoha (midday meal) scheme took out a procession and staged a dharna outside the zilla panchayat office here on Saturday to protest against what they called the negligent attitude of the authorities concerned in solving their problems and fulfilling their demands, including increasing their wages. They were protesting under the banner of the All India Trade Union Congress. The agitators took out a procession from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Circle that culminated outside the ZP office. They raised slogans against the elected representatives and the State government for not fulfilling their demands even after repeated appeals.