Mysuru: Employees of the iconic German Press at Siddarthanagar in city are up in arms against the Union Government for its move to close the press to promote textbook printing presses in North India.
The employees, under the banner of German Press Employees Association, have been protesting the government move and have alleged step-motherly treatment towards the printing presses in South India. The protests continued today too and as per the Association, they will protest indefinitely till their demands are met. The employees said that the Department of Printing and Stationary under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has been operating 17 printing units across India including the German Press in Mysuru. The Union Cabinet has decided to close down 12 presses in the name of rationalisation and merger and it has been proposed that all the three units in the south at Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), Koratty (Kerala) and Mysuru, shall be closed and the employees will be relocated to Nasik Press in Maharashtra.
