Several contractual workers of the Bhushan Steels under the banner of Khyatigrastha Praja Sramika Sangha, staged a mass dharna before the Collector’s office here on Saturday demanding regularisation of their jobs with a minimum salary of `15,000 per month.
The aggrieved land losers led by Bhushan Steel (Power) labour union president Minaketan Amat, former Rajya Sabha member Rudra Narayan Pany, former Sadar MlA Krushna Chandra Patra, district BJP president Naresh Chandra Mohapatra, general secretary Ramesh Chandra Samal and laxmidhar Behera took our a rally from Bazi Chouk to the Collectorate, where a protest meeting was also held under the leadership of Amat.
The demands of land losers included immediate appointment of the unemployed youths from the displaced families, and those, who were sent for technical training by the company and provision of gate pass for the contractual labourers.
Besides, MP Pany came down heavily on State Government for having a soft attitude towards the Bhushan management. Demanding a list of the current and previous employees of Bhushan Steels since 2005, Pany expressed his concern over the retrenchment of one Deepak Sahu from the Bindu Construction in an illegal process.