Mysore/Mysuru, Aug. 18 -- Procession marks Second District Convention of construction workers in city

Accusing the Union Government of failing to protect the interests of construction workers, Karnataka State Construction and Other Workers Federation President Balakrishna Shetty alleged that the Centre is out to destroy Construction Workers Welfare Board.

He was speaking at the Second District Convention of Construction Workers at the Institution of Engineers on JLB Road here yesterday.

Stating that the Construction Workers Welfare Board had introduced 19 welfare schemes and facilities, Shetty alleged that the Centre was removing the welfare schemes one by one.

Noting that one such was the recent reduction in academic funding, he said...