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Kolkata: A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared a monthly salary of Rs 3,500 for the ASHA workers at Khatra in Bankura, additional 10,000 ASHA workers have enrolled their names in various district magistrate's offices across the state. Presently, 50,000 ASHA workers work in different districts. Following this incident, the Chief Minister instructed her officials to provide amonthly salary of Rs 3,500 to all ASHA workers. When Banerjee came to power, she decided to fix a monthly salary for the ASHA workers," said the official. Besides all this, ASHA workers also disseminate information about precautionary measures against Covid..