<p class="title">As many as 813 stranded labourers from Chikkamagaluru left for their native places in KSRTC buses on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Labourers left for Ballari, Haveri, Gadag, Raichur, Koppala, Davangere, Shivamogga, Hassan and Chitradurga districts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 430 labourers were from Chikkamagaluru, 258 from Mudigere, 75 from Narasimharajapura and 50 from Sringeri.</p>.<p class="bodytext">These stranded labourers were working in hotels and involved in construction works. After the announcement of lockdown, they were in distress.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are paid high wages in estates compared to our villages. We do not have work following the lockdown. I have job card under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. I will work in my native,’’ said Ramappa of Hanagal in Haveri.</p>
<p class="title">As many as 813 stranded labourers from Chikkamagaluru left for their native places in KSRTC buses on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Labourers left for Ballari, Haveri, Gadag, Raichur, Koppala, Davangere, Shivamogga, Hassan and Chitradurga districts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 430 labourers were from Chikkamagaluru, 258 from Mudigere, 75 from Narasimharajapura and 50 from Sringeri.</p>.<p class="bodytext">These stranded labourers were working in hotels and involved in construction works. After the announcement of lockdown, they were in distress.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are paid high wages in estates compared to our villages. We do not have work following the lockdown. I have job card under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. I will work in my native,’’ said Ramappa of Hanagal in Haveri.</p>