THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A woman made a suicide attempt in front of Secretariat on Monday night after Coporation cleared the place of all strike pandals ahead of Attukal pongala.

The attempt was made by 'empaneled' KSRTC employee Diya in protest against the removal of her pandal where she was on strike against retrenchment of empanelled KSRTC employees.

The woman climbed up a tree and threatened to kill herself, saying she had no other means to live as her husband had died and she had two small children.

The pandals in front of the Secretariat were razed on Monday night by Corporation authorities and strikers started their protest then itself. Suddenly, Diya tied a noose around her neck and climbed up a tree nearby.

Though her ex-colleagues coaxed her to come down, she was not ready for it. After this, the police and Fire force personnel managed to bring her down after much persuasion. Later she was shifted to hospital.

Meanwhile, Corporation said clearing the Secretariat premises of all pandals and hoardings was the usual practice every year ahead of Pongala.
After the incident, empaneled worker sat in in front of the Secretariat and protested.