The State government has extended the monthly Occupational Health Allowance (OHA) of ₹6,000 to outsourced underground drainage workers (UGDs), sanitation vehicle drivers and malaria workers of the Public Health Department.
A Government Order (G.O. Ms. No. 1) was released on January 1 (Monday) to this effect.
The allowance is one of the 13 demands of the workers who have been on an indefinite strike since December 26.