Overview
- The initiative was launched on November 15 in Chennai for Greater Chennai Corporation workers at a function at Kalaivanar Arangam.
- Sanitation workers will receive three nutritious meals daily served in warm, clean lunch boxes at nearby civic buildings.
- Exclusive 300 sq. ft. lounges with changing rooms and toilet-attached restrooms are planned for all 200 Chennai wards.
- Housing and other welfare benefits were distributed at the launch, and further worker requests will be addressed in a phased plan.
- The Chief Minister urged strict waste segregation and civic discipline, and the announcement comes as some workers protest waste-privatisation in two GCC zones and seek regularisation.