Six anganwadi employees dismissed for not taking part in Social and Educational Survey

In a stringent motion towards these not taking part as enumerators within the ongoing Social and Educational Survey, the State authorities has given the sack to 6 anganwadi employees in Raichur district.

This comes days after the State Cabinet determined to take disciplinary motion towards these skipping the survey work.

This sweeping motion has drawn the ire of the Karnataka State Anganwadi Workers Union, which has threatened a State-wide agitation if the dismissal order just isn’t withdrawn.

The union has argued that many anganwadi employees would not have smartphones required to obtain the app for the survey and the federal government with out offering satisfactory amenities can’t insist that they take part within the survey.

Those who’ve been dismissed are Gundamma, Rangamma, Muthamma, Chand Bi, Vijayalakshmi, and Renuka from Deodurg taluk.

In the order, the Deputy Director of the Department of Women and Child Development, Raichur, alleged that these ladies not solely didn’t flip up for the survey work regardless of a number of reminders from their supervisors but in addition instigated others to skip work.

He stated the progress of the survey had been hampered due to these six individuals.

Varalakshmi, president, Karnataka State Anganwadi Workers’ Union, stated anganwadi employees have been anticipated to make use of their very own smartphones for the survey, and the above six have been very poor and didn’t possess them.

“When the smartphone situation was flagged, officers instructed them to borrow the gadgets both from their husbands or others and do the survey. This is unacceptable. It just isn’t correct to anticipate anganwadi employees to take part [in the survey] with out offering correct amenities after which dismiss them for not doing their work when their issues had already been raised beforehand,“ she stated.