Police arrest differently-abled people protesting for hike in monthly allowance (Photo: Hemanathan M) 
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Cops arrest differently-abled people protesting at Koyambedu for hike in monthly allowance

The protestors also asked the government to provide work under the 100-days to all those who applied under the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Scheme.

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CHENNAI: Tension prevailed at Koyambedu bus stand on Tuesday when police detailed several differently-abled people who were protesting demanding including a hike in their monthly allowance.

As per a Daily Thanthi report, hundreds of differently-abled people gathered at the Koyambedu bus stand and laid out various demands to the state government including increasing their monthly allowance, providing allowance to newly-applied differently-abled people and those on the waiting list.

The protestors also asked the government to provide work under the 100-days to all those who applied under the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Scheme.

The police arrested the protesters who refused to disperse and laid on the ground. The differently-abled people who marched towards the fort were also detained at the Koyambedu bus stand.

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