The Thiruvananthapuram city Corporation's decision to suspend seven sanitation workers and terminate four temporary cleaning staff allegedly for dumping food served as Onasadya seems to have backfired with the Left-aligned workers' unions coming out in protest against it.
The administration had said action was being taken against the 11 workers of the Chala health circle, as they had dumped Onasadya in a waste bin for being asked to report to work at a time when they had scheduled Onam celebrations.
The Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation Workers' Association, affiliated to CITU, which staged a protest in front of the Corporation office on Tuesday accused the Corporation additional secretary of taking action against the workers based on a false report submitted by a health official.
