Bengaluru:Bengaluru has Numbers of factories employing Near About 5 lakh workers. Workers have been protesting for over two months now against curbs put in place on withdrawal of money from their provident fund accounts.Workers opposing amendment to Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 have expressed fear that the new rule would take away their right over employers contribution portion of provident fund till they attain 58 years. A protest by Factories workers turned violent in Bengaluru today forcing the police to resort to lathicharge and tear gas shelling to control the rampaging mob. The workers were protesting against change in provident fund withdrawal rules buses and cars were burnt and massive traffic jams were reported across the city. All The Factories Worker Belongs To Garment industry workers burnt public buses and police vehicles and also blocked traffic on the highway, causing three-hour jams. Police fired warning shots after the protesters threw stones at the Hebbagodi police station and lathicharged the workers, mostly women, in clashes that damaged property worth crores and injured hundreds. The violence came on a day Union labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya announced that the government put off for three more months the move to bar withdrawal of employer’s contribution to the provident fund corpus until they turn 58. The announcement came amid protests by labour unions in several parts of the country. Image & Content Source :Internet .

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