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Stalin Unveils Free Meals and Rest Spaces for Chennai Sanitation Workers, Statewide Expansion Set for Dec. 6

The programme treats sanitation as essential service, with support slated to reach all corporations and municipalities next month.

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.