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Tap-Water Workers Protest in Patna Demanding Regularization
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News18•06-10-2026, 18:26
Tap-Water Workers Protest in Patna Demanding Regularization
- •Hundreds of tap-water maintenance workers protested in Patna on October 6 to press their six-point demands.
- •Female protesters marched with bangles in their hands, expressing their anger against the government.
- •The main demands include government employee status, job security, and a monthly honorarium of 18,000 rupees.
- •Police stopped the protesters near JP Golambar as they attempted to march from Gandhi Maidan to the Chief Minister's residence.
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The primary demands of the tap-water maintenance workers include granting them government employee status, regularizing their services, ensuring job security, and providing a monthly honorarium of 18,000 rupees as part of their six-point demands.
Female protesters took to the streets in Patna holding bangles in their hands to raise their voices and draw the government's attention to their long-standing demands under the banner of the Bihar Pradesh Tap-Water Maintenance Workers Association.
The protesters marched from Gandhi Maidan to besiege the Chief Minister's residence, but they were stopped by the police near JP Golambar, where a heavy police force was deployed.
