The State government has issued orders invoking the Essential Services and Maintenance Act, 1971, against the agitating Anganwadi workers and helpers. The government issued G.O. No. 2 to this effect on Saturday.
The services of the Anganwadi workers and helpers were brought under ESMA, and orders issued prohibiting strikes by them for six months in the State.
Their ongoing indefinite strike has affected the functioning of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) at the Anganwadi Centres, and there was a drop in attendance of pre-school children and pregnant and lactating women at the centres, the government said.
