CHENNAI: The contract workers hired under the National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) in the city continue to face repeated detentions as they persist with their plea for reinstatement, after being denied work since August 1. Thursday marked the 77th day of their protest.

Their ongoing efforts to meet civic and state representatives, including the mayor, councillors, zonal officers, and MLAs, have repeatedly ended in arrests. Their latest attempt to meet all 234 MLAs during the ongoing Assembly session on October 16 was also contained by the police. The workers who went to submit petitions near Omandurar Estate, where they had planned a demonstration, were detained.

The workers from Zones 5 and 6 say they have been surviving without wages for more than two months. "We worked even durin

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