CM meeting with civic workers successful, strike called off
Mysuru, October 09: As their meeting with Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy was successful, the civic workers who were on strike for the last six days seeking fulfillment of their demands called off their strike on Tuesday.
Following the Chief Minister’s assurance of fulfilling their demands, at a meeting with them at the Vidhana Soudha, the civic workers have withdrawn their protest.
Speaking to the leaders of civic workers association, Kumaraswamy said that their demands would be discussed in the Cabinet meeting and take a decision and directed the officers to put up a proposal before the Cabinet meeting.
The civic workers urged the Chief Minister to take steps to abolish the contract system, regularize the service of the contract civic workers, provide breakfast from Indira Canteens and to appoint one civic worker for 500 people. Responding to the demands, the CM said that he would take a decision in the Cabinet meeting.
Civic workers association state President M. Narayana, Mysuru Civic Workers Association President Mara, Leaders Raju, Cheluvaraju and others were present.
Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar, Ministers D.K. Shivakumar, S.R. Mahesh, G.T. Deve Gowda, Rajashekar Patil, MLA L. Nagendra and others were present.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
