The Tamil Nadu Cabinet, headed by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on Thursday (August 14, 2025), approved six proposals aimed at the welfare of conservancy workers in the State, including free breakfast, medical treatment, housing, increased solatium, subsidy for entrepreneurship, and education assistance for their children. The development comes the morning after protesting conservancy workers of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) were evicted and detained from outside Ripon Building on Wednesday (August 13).
Since the work of conservancy workers commences early in the morning and they face challenges in getting breakfast, the State government would provide free breakfast through urban local bodies, the government stated. The initiative would be rolled out in the GCC initially, and would be expanded to other urban local bodies.
