ASHA workers to gherao Punjab Deputy CM OP Soni's house in Amritsar

Abohar, December 26

Braving 10 degree Celsius temperature and fog, ASHA workers continued with their protest on Sunday for demands such as regular salary on the patterns of Haryana, besides monthly honorarium of Rs 2,500.

Union’s district head Santosh Rani said besides the honorarium, they had been demanding salary on the lines of the Haryana Government. On December 28, the ASHA workers will organise a protest outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office. On December 31, the workers from across the state will gherao the residence of OP Soni in Amritsar.

While taking out a protest march on Sunday, they raised slogans against the government and later, sat on a dharna inside the Sub-divisional Civil Hospital. ASHA Workers’ Union local unit president Anju Rani said since 2008, all ASHA workers have been working on nominal allowance. — OC