Yogesh K Porwar & Siddarath Sethia
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Strict legal action if manual scavenging is practiced: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that there should be no manual scavengers in the state.He warned strict legal action will be taken if anyone practices manual scavenging.
He was speaking after inaugurating the rehabilitation and distribution of subsidy to the identified manual scavengers conference in the state and a subsidy of Rs 40,000 each was distributed.
It is our party’s and Government’s commitment that civic workers should live with dignity.Therefore,I raised the salary of Safai Karmacharis from 7 thousand to 17 thousand immediately after becoming the Chief Minister for the first time.
Manual scavenging is not allowed in the state for any reason.He warned that legal action will be taken if anyone practices that.
It is our government that implemented a scheme to provide 7.5 lakh assistance to build houses to construction workers.I implemented these programs as Chief Minister,he said.
If Ambedkar had not given the constitution, I would not have become the chief minister.So we should understand that the opponents of the constitution are our opponents as well. The CM called upon the people to out rightly reject the opponents of the constitution.
Social Welfare Minister HC Mahadevappa, Malavalli MLA Narendraswamy, Mayakonda MLA Basantappa, Nelamangala MLA Srinivas were present in the program organized by Social Welfare Department and Karnataka State Safai Karmachari Development Corporation.
Financial assistance was distributed to more than 4000 Safai Karmacharis in the convention.
