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'Mourning dance' by women anganwadi workers, mid day staff

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Press Trust of India Coimbatore
: A 'mourning dance' was performed by group of women Anganawadi and mid day meal women staff, who are on indefinite fast with state government employees, demanding implementation of 20 point charter of demands,

The stir by the employees entered the fourth day today.

The women sang the 'mourning' song and danced in a circle, while few male government employees wore black shirts, protesting against Government's 'negligence' towards the employees, who were seeking to revert to old pension scheme and also fill the vacancies, police said.

Nearly 1,000 government employees and 250 anganawadi workers squatted in front of the Collectorate, raising slogans in support of their demands.
 

However, they were arrested, police said.

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First Published: Feb 18 2016 | 12:13 AM IST

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