Dharwad: Momentary workers working for Karnatraka Water Board in Hubballi-Dharwad will take out a march to the Hubballi residence of chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday.
The contract workers are on strike for the final 5 days demanding continuation of their companies within the board, which shall be handed over to Larsen and Toubro (L&T) for operation.
V N Halakatti, chief of the placing workers, mentioned on Saturday that talks with HDMC commissioner B Gopalkrishna have failed because the latter insisted that they be part of L&T as contract employees solely. The placing employees are demanding that they be handled as short-term workers and shifted from the board to Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Company. “The HDMC ought to depute us to L&T,” Halakatti mentioned, including the employees aren't prepared to hitch L&T as contract employees.
A piece of individuals and employees have opposed the federal government’s transfer at hand over the accountability of water provide in Hubballi-Dharwad to L&T. The strike by the board employees has hampered the availability of consuming water in a number of wards of the dual cities. Former MLA N H KOnaraddi led a gaggle of individuals to dam Dharwad-Goa Street for just a few hours on Friday to register the residents’ protest.