SEEKING HIGHER WAGES, BRICK KILN WORKERS PROTEST

KARNAL: Hundreds of brick kiln workers, their children and family members reached Karnal’s mini-secretariat to raise their demand for a hike in their wages.

This was their third protest in the past two weeks as they held a protest on similar demands on May 12 and 6.

Raising a demand that their wages be increased from Rs 500 per 1,000 bricks to Rs 750, the sloganeering women and men blocked the main entrance of the mini-secretariat causing a traffic jam.

The protesters threatened to intensify their agitation if the government failed to take any step by holding talks with the brick kiln owners.