Gadchiroli Oct. 11 (District Correspondent) The women cooks working under Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Amrit Aahar Yojna staged dharna agitation in front of the SDO office, Kurkheda recently to press the demand of raising their honorarium.
A large number of cooks assembled in front of the SDO office and shouted slogans in support of their demand and then submitted a memorandum to the sub divisional Officer addressed to the chief minister of Maharashtra. Mr. Krishna Chaudhari, Advisor of the Cooks Union led the agitation.
The cooks have been getting the monthly honorarium of just Rs. 1,000 since they have been appointed and it is very impossible to meet the expenses in such a negligible amount of money. The honorarium should therefore be raised to Rs. 20,000 per month, demanded the memorandum.
We have been doing our job honestly and punctually since the beginning with the hope that our honorarium will be increased one day or the other and have been demanding the increase in honorarium for the last many years but the government has not been paying any attention and we have been suffering a lot financially, pointed out the memorandum.
The President of the Cooks Union Ms. Geeta Uike, Secretary Sarita Gawde, Vice President Anju Gedam, Priyanka Ramteke, Dipali Bawne were present in the delegation that met the SDO. The office bearers of All India Republican Party including its President Hansraj Undirwade, Pradeep Bhaisare, Keshavrao Samrutwar, Ashok Khobragade, Dadaji Dhakde visited the agitation and extended their support to the agitation. They were also present while submitting the memorandum.
