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Mumbai: 5,000 ASHAs storm Azad Maidan in hope of Rs 10k hike
Updated On: 13 February, 2024 02:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshan Kalyanikar
Most of these workers arrived in the city from other parts of Maharashtra after their Thane protest on February 8
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The massive sit-in demonstration by ASHA workers at Azad Maidan
For the last two days, around 5,000 Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers have been rallying at Azad Maidan, casting doubt on Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s commitment to a government resolution (GR) for income hike. This scepticism arose after a meeting between ASHA representatitives and Chief Minister Eknath Shinder during the ongoing protests at his home turf in Thane. Health Minister Tanaji Sawant announced the hike in the honorarium last November as a “Diwali gift,” but the government failed to follow through on the announcement even as months passed.
Most of these workers arrived in the city from other parts of Maharashtra after their Thane protest from February 8 to February 10. Mid-day reported on Thursday that 500 of these women walked from Shahpur to Thane in protest, 27 of whom required hospitalisation. Savita Shelar, an ASHA supervisor from Shahpur who was at Azad Maidan, said, “We did not want to come here from Thane and cause any kind of crowding. The Central and the state governments talk of women’s empowerment, but the conditions of ASHAs are terrible. So many women are at the protest in Mumbai, risking their safety, sleeping on the roads, without even thinking about their one-time meal.”
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