Midday meal cooks protest in Chhattisgarh: 47 days of striking for fair honorarium - The Hindu
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Dulari Didi spoke about how we can't run our household on just 66 a day. "We're dying of starvation every day. It's better to die once' were her words." At Tuta Dharna Sthal, a designated protest site in Chhattisgarh's Naya Raipur, Savita Manikpuri tears up recalling her last conversation with Dulari Yadav. Thirty-eight-year-old Manikpuri from Dudhawa village in Kanker district is among the hundreds cooks who have gathered at Tuta since December 29, 2025, on an indefinite strike in support of their demands.
