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| Tarigami laments over pitiable condition of Asha worker | | |  s
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 24: On the joint call of all Central Trade Unions for all India strike of scheme workers, Asha Workers Union–Jammu organized a day long protest demonstration at Press Club Jammu in support of their genuine and long pending demands. A large number of ASHA workers participated in the demonstration holding flags and placards in their hands and chanted slogans in support of their demands.
Addressing the Asha Workers M. Y Tarigami President of State Committee of CITU said that it is the fact that much of credit for the success of the fight against the first and second wave of the Covid goes to the selfless work of the Asha workers working in our Public Health System of Jammu & Kashmir. Further, he said a number of ASHAs have so far been martyred in this fight saving thousands of lives but it is unfortunate for the nation that in spite of selfless dedicated work all these years and the extraordinary services provided by the ASHA workers during the pandemic, risking their own life and the lives of their family, the Government of India is not ready to recognize their work and regularize them as permanent employees.
He said that as per the recommendations of the 45th and 46th Indian Labour Conferences all scheme workers such as ASHA, Anganwari, Mid-Day-Meal workers etc. should be given workers status and be paid minimum wages and provide social security and pension He urged upon all scheme workers to continue their struggle for getting their demands fulfilled.
In her address Anita Rajput Secretary of ASHA Workers Union said that ASHA Workers working in almost all other states like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pardesh etc are getting wages/remuneration of more than 10 thousands per month but ASHAs who have been working in the UT of Jammu & Kashmir are getting meager remuneration of rupees two thousands only, while we the ASHA workers are put on almost 24 hours’ duty, without leave; we are asked to conduct surveys, reporting the cases, getting medical help to the infected, monitoring the patients, follow up with the recovered ones and so on, it is in addition to our vaccination duties for almost 8-9 hours a day.
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