PWD’s apathy continues, labourers unheard

Labourers’ requests for proper sanitation and drinking water remain unheard. A PWD official denies mistreatment. Four days since the chief minister of Karnataka, Basvaraj Bommai, inaugurated the construction site for Public Works Department (PWD) staff quarters at Vasanth Nagar, the labourers continue to use public bathrooms, defecate openly at times, and arrange drinking water for […]

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Kannada bridging gaps between communities at Jamia Masjid

Kannada teaching workshop for women teachers by Federation of Muslim Educational Institutes in Yeshwanthpur. Bengaluru:In an effort to bring the communities together and promote harmony amidst the current tension in Karnataka, Federation of Muslim Educational Institutes (FMEI) and All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) organised a Kannada teaching workshop at Jamia Masjid in Yeshwanthpur. M. […]

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Bengaluru PHCs paralyzed over staff shortage

The primary health centres in Bengaluru await long-standing upgrade in infrastructure and technology. Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in different areas of the city struggle due to shortage of doctors, nurses, and health workers. Obsolete infrastructure, limited medical equipment and primitive technology add to the woes of the PHCs. The State Government, in 2019, had announced […]

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Labourers battered as CM inaugurates PWD officer’s quarters

Construction workers complain at government’s apathy towards their on-site working and living conditions. Labourers lament the deplorable conditions at their living place with no urinals or clean drinking water provision as Chief Minister Basvaraj Bommai kick-started thePublic Works Department’s state government officers’ quarters project in Vasanth Nagar. Workers living in tin sheds complain about the […]

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