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Upset implicit the inordinate hold successful outgo of pending bills to the tune of ₹37,370 crore, the Karnataka State Contractors’ Association (KSCA) has decided to motorboat a monolithic onslaught connected March 6.
Addressing presspersons successful Hubballi connected February 19, State president of the relation R. Manjunath said the authorities has not cleared dues amounting to ₹37,370 crore, pending successful assorted departments, with immoderate payments pending for astir 3 years.
He said contractors successful the State were facing terrible fiscal difficulties owing to delayed money releases, contempt repeated representations.
Mr. Manjunath said the relation had submitted astir 100 letters to the government, but determination had been small response. He urged the Chief Minister to clasp an authoritative gathering with contractors and the section officials concerned, stating that specified a treatment could resoluteness 75% of the issues.
He said a akin occupation of delayed money merchandise had arisen during 2013–18, but it was resolved done indebtedness arrangement. However, now, nary specified measurement had been taken.
He said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had earlier talked astir discontinuing the bundle strategy upon coming to power. However, now, the bundle strategy is inactive continuing. Projects wherever funds are readily disposable are being awarded to contractors from extracurricular the State, portion section contractors are forced to hold for their outgo for years. Many contractors who had taken loans to implicit projects are facing hardships, helium said.
If the dues are not cleared and the issues stay unresolved, contractors volition intensify the protestation and halt enactment wholly from April, helium warned.
The strike, which was earlier scheduled for March 5, had been rescheduled to March 6 connected the proposal of the police, helium said.
Responding to Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s allegation of blackmail, helium said the remark was owed to a misunderstanding and they had already spoken to him to clarify that their lone request was the outgo of workers’ dues.
Mr. Manjunath said that determination are unpaid bills successful respective departments, amounting to ₹8,370 cr successful the Public Works Department, ₹13,000 cr successful the Water Resources Department; ₹3,800 cr successful RDPR; ₹3,000 cr successful the Minor Irrigation department; ₹2,000 cr successful the Urban Development department; ₹2,600 cr successful the Housing department; ₹2,000 cr successful the Labour department; and ₹2,600 cr successful the Greater Bengaluru Authority.
He said ₹1,400 crore was owed to beryllium paid to the contractors successful Dharwad district. Vice-presidents M.K. Mulla and Gurusidappa and different bureau bearers including B.C. Dinesh, Suresh Bamreddy, Sanka Goudshani, and others were present.
