Bengaluru; Hostel outsourcing workers’ protest continues, 16 women workers admitted to hospital
Bengaluru, July 1: The government residential schools outsourcing workers protest condemning their removal from the schools entered the sixth day on Sunday and 16 women were admitted to the hospital after fainting. All the 16 women were getting treatment at the KC General Hospital in the city.
Because of the rain in the city, the agitators fall sick and were suffering from fever, cold, cough and weakness and fainted. An ambulance was stationed at the place where they were staging protest and treating them.
No safety
The hundreds of women workers who were staging protest at the Freedom Park do not have safety and security during night. They do not have drinking water and toilet facility. There are no sufficient women constables, the agitators alleged.
Demands
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has already held one round of discussion with the agitators and assured of directing the minister concerned and officials to stop removal of the outsourcing workers from the service. But the agitators said that they want order instead of promise. So, they continued their protest, it is said.
Outsourcing Workers Association assistant secretary K Hanume Gowda said that the workers are coming under the Social Welfare and Backward Classes departments. Till now, no minister has come and listened to their grievances. So, they want order instead of just promise, he said.
Give order copy
It is not fair to remove the outsourcing workers in government residential schools unilaterally. So, the department concerned should give them the order copy. Till then, they would continue their protest peacefully.
-K Hanume Gowda
Steps would be taken shortly to solve the problem of the government residential schools outsourcing workers.
-Priyank Kharge, Social Welfare Department Minister
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Lebanon: Israeli airstrikes kill 29 in Beirut as Israel intensifies attacks
Beirut: A new wave of Israeli airstrikes targeted Beirut and its southern suburbs, escalating the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah. The attacks follow a deadly assault the previous day that left 29 dead and 66 injured in the Lebanese capital.
On Sunday, the Israeli military announced that it had carried out "intelligence-based strikes" against Hezbollah command centers in Beirut's southern neighborhoods, including Haret Hreik, Burj Barajneh, and Hadath, as reported by Xinhua news agency. Within just 30 minutes, local TV station al-Jadeed documented 12 airstrikes in the area.
Videos shared online captured plumes of dense black smoke rising from the targeted suburbs, indicating the intensity of the bombardment. Prior to the strikes, Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee used social media to warn residents to evacuate several buildings in the southern part of the city.
The fresh wave of airstrikes follows a Saturday attack on an eight-storey residential building in Beirut’s Basta Fawka neighborhood. While Israeli reports suggested the target was a senior Hezbollah official, Lebanese lawmaker and Hezbollah member Amin Sherri denied any political or military figures were present in the building during the assault.
In retaliation, Hezbollah declared it had destroyed five Israeli Merkava tanks in southern Lebanon using guided missiles on Sunday. The group also claimed to have launched attacks on several locations in northern Israel, including Kerem ben Zimra and Kfar Blum.
The hostilities have intensified since September 23, with Israeli forces increasing airstrikes on Lebanon and launching a ground offensive across the northern border in early October.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry released figures on Sunday indicating that Israeli airstrikes have resulted in 3,754 deaths and 15,626 injuries since the conflict reignited on October 8, 2023.
