Tiruvallur, Dec. 21 -- In a shocking incident, female contract sanitation workers from Soranjeri Panchayat in Tiruvallur district were transported to a government-organised medical camp in a garbage-collecting tractor vehicle.

A "Nalam Kaakkum Stalin" (Stalin Safeguarding Health) medical camp and "Seemantha" (baby shower) ceremony for pregnant women were organised by the Public Health Department at a Government Higher Secondary School in Poonamallee, near Chennai.

However, the event sparked shock and controversy when it came to light that more than ten female contract sanitation workers employed were brought to the medical camp in a garbage-collecting tractor vehicle.

The event was attended by Poonamallee MLA Krishnasamy, who served as...