Rajya Sabha MP H D Deve Gowda appealed for a compensation package to the daily wagers who have been affected by the 14-day curfew in the State.
In a letter addressed to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, Chief Secretary and Health Minister, Deve Gowda has demanded a package to the labourers and also necessary facilities at the hospitals in Hassan to tackle Covid pandemic.
Each labourer should be provided 10 kg rice, wheat and ragi and a minimum of Rs 2,000 remitted to their bank accounts, he stressed.
He also explained the need for a jumbo oxygen supply system to cater the oxygen need at the taluk hospitals.
The authorities should also supply 10,000 vials of Remdesivir to Hassan district, he appealed.
Published 29 April 2021, 09:14 IST