Chennai, Dec. 8 -- More than 500 Sanitary workers from various districts protested in Chennai's Saidapet today, raising several demands, including incentives for work done during the COVID pandemic, Salary hike, and more. The protest was led by the Tamil Nadu Rural Development Department Workers' Union, representing sanitary workers and other staff working under the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.

This includes Swachh Bharat Mission district and block coordinators, computer operators, health motivators, overhead tank operators, sanitation workers, cleanliness guards, school sanitation workers, social auditors, village panchayat computer operators, and women rural livelihood mission workers.

Following the protest, the gov...