Mysuru: Urging for fulfilment of various demands, midday meal (bisi oota) workers staged a protest in city yesterday under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Samyukta Akshara Dasoha Karmikara Sangha near Deputy Commissioner’s Office here. They said “the women workers are the backbone for the effective implementation of bisi oota programme at Government and aided schools across the State, for the past 20 years. It has also helped in eradicating malnutrition among children.”
There are an estimated 1.18 lakh workers in the State, but they aren’t paid according to their work. Besides, they are deprived of allowance for seniority in service, lump sum amount at the time of retirement, pension and paid maternity leave and medical facilities, they alleged.
