CHENNAI: The city police on Thursday detained transport corporation employees and pensioners, who have been staging a prolonged protest across 22 centres for the past 53 days, when they attempted to lay siege to the Secretariat, pressing their long-pending demands for payment of arrears and retirement benefits.

When the workers, led by CITU State president A Soundararajan and Tamil Nadu Government Transport Employees Federation general secretary K Arumuganainar, began their march from Pallavan House, they were stopped by police at the Anna Salai junction, leading to a road blockade and subsequent arrests.

The workers have been holding a sit-in protest since August 18, demanding payment of the pending 15th wage revision, disbursement of 10 months’ dearness allowance arrears, and settleme

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