Organisations stage stir over hike in milk prices
The members of Mysore Kannada Vedike and Karnataka Kavalu Pade staged protests separately against sudden hike in the prices of milk and its products, in the city on Tuesday.
The vedike activists staged a protest near the deputy commissioner’s office. The Kavalu Pade members held demonstration at the K R Circle. The agitators flayed the State government for increasing the price of milk without consulting anybody.
Action sought
This had hit poor and middle class people. The government, instead of hiking the price, should have taken action against those dairies which were swindling people’s money. How the government did announced hike in the price without seeing the proposal submitted by the Karnataka Milk Federation.
There were several ways to help the milk producers without hiking the price of milk.
They alleged that the government was silent despite a series of irregularities coming to light in milk societies.
Increased twice
The milk price has been increased twice in the last nine months. The protesters warned of intensifying their agitation if the government fails to rollback the price of milk at the earliest.
CITU protest
The members of CITU staged a demonstration near the deputy commissioner’s office in the city on Tuesday in support of their demands including fixing the minimum wages for workers.
They wanted the government to fix the minimum wages for workers at Rs 6,000 in other cities and Sr 10,000 in Bangalore. The labour laws should be implemented in toto and the contract system should be abolished. Each worker should be given 30 kg rice at Rs 2 per kg and a free site.
CITU District President N K Balajirao led the protest.
