Karnataka ASHA Workers On Strike, Demand Fixed Pay, PPEs Amid Pandemic
The Karnataka government's frontline healthcare workers, ASHA, or Accredited Social Health Activists, held a statewide protest today saying they would only return to work when their demands - Rs 12,000 fixed salary, PPE kits and assurance that the state government would take care of their family's health needs - are met. While the strike jeopardises state's efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease officers said the demands would be "looked into".
