MGNREGA contract workers in Karnataka unpaid for last four months: Report
Officials cite central government’s failure to release funds
Gadag: Outsourced employees of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Karnataka have not received their salaries for the past four months, with many citing technical issues related to new software not being integrated with the state's Khajane II (K2) system, which manages state government employee payments.
The state has 3,657 outsourced staff working under the scheme, including 27 disaster management officials, 27 district account managers, 202 technical coordinators, and others. These workers have not been paid since July and have also gone without travel and dearness allowances for the past 10 months, as reported by The New Indian Express.
However, officials have pointed out that the delay in payments is due to the central government’s failure to release the necessary funds for MGNREGA.
“We have sorted out all technical glitches, but now funds have not been released by the Central government,” TNIE quoted an official from the Gadag zilla panchayat as saying.
The staff, whose salaries range from Rs 10,000 to Rs 45,000, have voiced growing concerns about their financial struggles. One worker shared that he has no money to pay for the bus fare to reach the village to attend to his work, while others are struggling to pay for their children’s school fees and basic family expenses.
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UP: Girl raped by two youths, juvenile at Banda hotel, all accused held
Banda (UP) (PTI): A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped at a hotel here by two youths and a minor, who then abandoned her under a bridge, police said on Thursday.
The two youths involved in the crime were arrested, and the juvenile was apprehended on Wednesday, they said.
According to Atarra Circle Officer Praveen Yadav, the arrested have been identified as Mahesh Kushwaha (18), Shakti Singh (19), and a 15-year-old boy, all residents of Girwan.
He said the incident took place around 8.30 pm on Tuesday.
The complaint filed by the girl's father stated that his daughter had gone to the market in Atarra town with a friend, when the three accused on a motorcycle made her inhale some intoxicant. They took the semi-conscious teenager to a hotel on Station Road, committed the crime and then abandoned her under the Ken Canal bridge before fleeing, CO Yadav said.
A case was registered on Wednesday, and all the accused were held, the CO said.
He added that one of the arrested accused was a former acquaintance of the victim. RUK
