Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the State government would continue pushing for change in the working hours under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).

Responding to an adjournment motion in the Assembly on Thursday to discuss the murder of a 15-year old girl, Arya Vijayan, at her home at Venjaramood on Tuesday, Mr. Chandy said that the government wanted change in the working hours to ensure that girl children were not left alone at home when the parents go out for work.