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In Palghar, 60 women workers dismissed from government-run ashram schools won reinstatement and pending wages after a seven-hour protest called the Dhulaai Andolan. They staged symbolic demonstrations, washing clothes and cooking outside the ITDP office. The issue was raised in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, prompting swift administrative action and emotional relief.

Palghar: A unique protest organised by the Bhumiputra Elgar Sanghatana outside the Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP) office in Jawhar on Monday ended in a major victory for 60 local women workers who had been removed from their jobs at government-run ashram schools.

After nearly seven hours of agitation, the administration agreed to reinstate all the dismissed women employees and initiate the process of clearing their pending salaries, which had reportedly been unpaid for the past seven to eight months.

The protest, termed a Dhulaai Andolan, began with a march from Rajiv Gandhi Maidan to the project office. Several workers and supporters participated, raising slogans and carrying placards to highlight their demands.

In a striking demonstration, the women began washing students’ clothes and bedsheets outside the office premises, symbolically showcasing the work they had been doing for nearly two decades in ashram schools. They also set up makeshift stoves at the protest site and cooked food there, staging a sit-in to intensify pressure on the authorities.