SAKHI centre staff unpaid for three months, says Anbumani
PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss has demanded that the Tamil Nadu government release three months of unpaid salaries for staff at SAKHI One Stop Centres. He highlighted that employees are facing financial hardship and are struggling to maintain basic operations due to funding delays.
Why it matters
The issue underscores systemic administrative failures in social welfare programs that provide critical support to victims of violence.
PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday urged the Tamil Nadu government to immediately release three months’ pending salaries to employees of SAKHI One Stop Centres, who provide support to women and children affected by violence.
In a statement, he said the employees, who are paid between ₹10,000 and ₹22,000 a month on a contractual basis, were facing severe financial hardship due to the delay in salaries. He said the centres, established at 59 locations across Tamil Nadu with Central government funding, provide medical assistance, legal aid, psychological counselling, temporary shelter and rehabilitation services under one roof.
According to him, 767 posts have been sanctioned across the centres, with 13 employees allocated to each centre, though several posts remain vacant, increasing the workload of existing staff.
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