ASHA workers not to take part in socio-educational survey work over unfair remuneration, unpaid dues
Bengaluru: ASHA workers across Karnataka have reportedly refused to participate in the ongoing Social and Educational Survey (caste census) being conducted by the State Backward Classes Commission, citing the government’s failure to ensure fair pay and settle previous dues for similar work.
The Karnataka Rajya Samyukta ASHA Karyakartheyara Sangha, affiliated with the All-India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), said that although Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had announced ASHA workers would distribute survey forms door-to-door, no official communication has been made regarding their honorarium, as reported by The Hindu.
D. Nagalakshmi, State Secretary of the Sangha, said reports suggested each ASHA worker would be paid Rs 2,000 for distributing forms, guiding families through 60 survey questions, verifying documents, correcting errors, and uploading the data to a mobile app.
“However, ASHA workers have repeatedly been denied compensation for such additional duties. Even during earlier government surveys, including those for the State’s guarantee schemes, promised payments of Rs 1,000 were never disbursed,” The Hindu quoted Nagalakshmi as saying.
She further pointed out that despite the State’s promise of a Rs 10,000 monthly honorarium from April 1, ASHA workers have not received any increase, unlike Anganwadi and mid-day meal workers, who saw a Rs 1,000 hike.
K. Somashekar Yadgiri, State President of the Sangha, argued that the additional workload not only disrupts ASHAs’ regular incentive-based earnings but also imposes financial burdens. “This is additional work. It is only fair that rural ASHA workers are paid Rs 5,000 and urban ASHA workers, who cover more households, are paid at least Rs 10,000,” The Hindu quoted him as saying.
He asserted that ASHA workers will not take part in the upcoming survey unless the government issues a clear order regarding their remuneration.
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Yadgir: Six people burnt alive in private bus-car collision on Bidar-Bengaluru Highway in Surapura
Surapura: In a tragic road accident reported from the taluk, six people were burnt alive in a collision between a private bus and a car on the Bidar-Bengaluru Highway near the Shanthapura Cross close to the Thinthani Bridge on Friday morning.
A fire broke out due to the force of the collision, and both vehicles were gutted in the flames.
The bus is learned to have been traveling from Lingasugur to Kalaburagi, and the car was going towards Lingasugur. While none of the passengers in the bus was reportedly endangered in the accident, all six people traveling the car died in the accident and are learned to have burnt in the fire.
The local fire brigade has successfully doused the flames.
Inspector Umesh M and team of the Surapura Police Station is learned to have arrived at the accident spot and conducted an inspection.
The skulls of four people are said to have been found among the debris.
