Members of the Odisha Synthetic Shramik Sangha on Wednesday met Dhenkanal district Collector Roopa Roshan Sahoo and ADM Yudhistir Nayak and warned that they would commit suicide en-masse at the Collectorate here at 8 am on June 10 if their demands are not met by then. The Sangha members led by farmer leader Er Debashisha Hota handed over a notice in this regard to the district Collector.
The Sangha demanded that all the 242 principal employees and 25 casual employees who had been driven away by the synthetic company located at Baulapur under Odapada tehsil at different times be paid compensation and dues soon. They announced this extreme step after being failed to get any justice from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, labour Minister Prafulla Mallick and the district Collector, said sangh members.
Alleging that the Reliance Industries limited (RIl) is trying to transfer the assets to another company, they requested the Government to direct the RIl to clear all the compensation and dues before taking the move. “Otherwise, we would be compelled to commit mass suicide on June 10, said sangha president Ratnakar lenka, general secretary Budhimant Sahany, advisor Bharat Sahu, treasurer Babaji Rout and other executive body members in the letter to the Collector.