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Uma Maheswaran, district president, said that at least 400 farmworkers from each village in the district received employment for 100 days under MGNREGS till two years ago. Members of the All India Agricultural Workers’ Union who petitioned the Collector in Madurai on Tuesday. They are promised 100 days of work but get a maximum of 20,” he said, adding that many workers were now jobless. “The Public Works Department is benefitted the most from this entire initiative,” Mr.
Uma Maheswaran added. | Photo Credit: G.
Moorthymore-inMembers of the All India Agricultural Workers’ Union (affiliated to All India Trade Union Congress) petitioned the Collector here, seeking resumption of works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, on Tuesday..