Anganwadi — non-payment of salary during maternity leaves for my sister late kabita padhi, died in cancer

Address:	Bhadark (Tihidi), Bhadrak, Odisha, 756163
Website:	ODISHA ANGAWAWADI

This is to bring your kind attention that myself ramesh kumar parhi, brother of late kabita padhi, would like inform you that my sister had been working as an anganwadi worker in mini anganwadi center, masuapal under the icds project, tihidi, bhadrak, since 2011. However, my sister was expecting her first baby after her marriage and during her pregnancy, she was under complete medication due to frequent loose motions and other gyning issues. Due to complicated pregnancy issue, she applied for maternity leaves on march 13, 2018 for six months maternity leaves from march 13, 2018 through september 2018. The child was born on april 22, 2018, however, she still had gyning problems and continued. Later on, it was confirmed that she was suffering from rectal cancer. I admitted her in aiims, delhi and then in manipal hospital, delhi. She was under medication, operations, radiations and chemo therapy. Therefore, she was unable to walk and could not be able to join. She became cured little bit and returned to hometown in january 2019 and joined in her duty. After someday, she experienced pain in her body and got admitted further in a private hospital in bbsr. Due to severer conditions, she got admitted in manipal hospital as well as aiims, delhi. During that time, due to lake of financial situations, she applied for maternity payment from march 2018 through september 2018 and followed up with supervisor, cdpo, however, nobody did not take any action regarding this matter and did not pay her salary. Finally, she died on may 1, 2019, in aiims, delhi. This is very sorrow that nobody did not come to us neither supervisor nor associated officials to know about death and asked about her maternity pay. On the other contrary, they threatened to take resignation and to provide appointment to other person. We even asked to village sarapanch many times, he even did not take any action for that. Therefore, i kindly request you to look into this matter to take immediate action for those concern officials for this negligence, so that, we would be grateful to you. Regards
Ramesh