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With salaries pending for implicit 2 months, implicit 30,000 employees nether the National Health Mission (NHM) person said they are being forced to observe Deepavali “in darkness.” The Karnataka NHM Contract and Outsourced Employees’ Association has warned of Statewide protests if their dues are not released earlier the festival.
Association president Srikanth Swamy said that portion salaries person not been paid since August successful astir districts, successful some, employees person been awaiting wage since July. “If the concern continues and salaries are not released earlier the festival, we volition clasp protests successful beforehand of each Deputy Commissioners’ offices crossed the State,” helium said.
Pointing retired that NHM unit gully humble salaries and cannot spend agelong delays, association’s honorary president Ayanur Manjunath questioned however employees could observe Deepavali without pay. “Low-paid NHM workers are struggling with rent and EMIs. They spent Dasara without salaries; present Deepavali excessively seems uncertain,” helium said.
Karnataka Legislative Council subordinate S.V. Sankanur met Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao and elder officials, urging them to resoluteness the contented instantly and guarantee timely disbursal of pending wages.
The Health Minister is learnt to person attributed the hold to method issues successful the K2 SPARSH outgo system. “The Minister has said that the occupation has been identified, and indispensable steps are being taken to merchandise grants to districts by adjacent week,” the relation members said successful a statement.
