Bengaluru: Namma Metro workers stage protest demanding they be sent back home

Bengaluru: Construction labourers working on Namma Metro Phase 2 line in Bommanahalli held a flash protest demanding their wages and an opportunity to go home.

The workers laid siege to the car of a BMRCL official and expressed their frustration with the delay. "We had demanded the officials to send us home long ago. They had assured us of arranging the same after the lockdown. However, we are now told to continue the work here. We don't want the job. We want to reach our family," they said.

Senior police officials came to the spot and promised help. Assistant commissioner of police Sudhir Hegde told the labourers that he will speak to the nodal officers and arrange for transport. Following the assurance, the workers withdrew the protest.