Members of the Tata BSL Trade Union took out a rally from the Kantabania police station and then demonstrated in front of company’s main gate against cheating of Tata Steel BSL and its labour contractors BARSHA, TSPL and PRAGATI NATH and GMR Kamalang and its labour contractor MELCO India. Er Debashisha Hota led the rally and demonstration.
The agitators demanded arresting of the owners of BARSHA and TSPL. Also they demanded payment of their retrenchment compensation immediately. They declared to continue the agitation despite the heavy cold till fulfillment of their demands.
Notably, on January 7, these agitators had demonstrated before the Dhenkanal Collectorate. After Collector Bhumesh Chandra Behera assured to fulfil their demands, they had called it off.
The allegation against the authorities of the industries and their labour contactors is that they have not cleared dues of many labourers and retrenched many flouting the laws. They do not care the notices of the DLO.