Construction workers to protest on July 12

The Karnataka State Construction Worker Unions’ Co-ordination Committee has introduced a statewide protest on July 12 in opposition to alleged misuse of funds within the Construction Workers’ Welfare Board and insufficient compensation through the COVID-19 associated lockdown.

On July 7, the committee identified that regardless of a requirement for asserting a reduction bundle of ₹10,000, the Government introduced a one-time bundle of ₹3,000, which is but to attain greater than half of the registered workers. “The board has not additionally agreed to present ₹5 lakh for home building, full reimbursement of any medical bills and ₹5 lakh reduction to those that died due to COVID-19,” a observe mentioned, including that that is regardless of a complete cess quantity of ₹10,000 crore amassed within the board.

Expressing disappointment over distribution of groceries that got here following nudge from courts, the committee mentioned whereas the poor high quality meals kits have been reported initially, what got here as an surprising growth was the distribution of kits to MLAs and politicians.

“The kits were seen reaching many MLAs. This is not only unethical but also a violation of the court of law.”

(*12*), the discharge identified that there was rampant discrepancy within the accumulation of grocery kits from 4 designated organisations that noticed shopping for of the kits at a charge of 30 to 40% larger than the unique worth that resulted in about ₹10 to ₹15 crore of unlawful transaction.

The committee mentioned: “Though the procurement of medical kits, tool kits, mobile clinics and calendars has already taken place, the workers are yet to get access to the same, which makes a clear case of corruption. The amount involved in updating software for which tender has been called for has led to many questions being raised.”