The weeklong agitation staged by IOCl land oustees under the banner of the Jamihara Krushak Ekata Manch in front of Gate No 4 at the IOCl Paradip unit ended on Tuesday after the district administration held a successful meeting with agitators and IOCl authorities chaired by district Collector BK Upadhyaya held here at the district headquarters on Monday night.
The agitators’ main demand for job for the IOCl project-affected victims was discussed at length during the meeting, and it was decided the IOCl would make endeavour to provide jobs for a minimum 100 unemployed youths and take step educating a similar number of youths in technical fields.
The educated youth from the affected family would be provided job in the IOCl according to their professional qualifications in near feature.
Moreover, priority would be given to local youths in construction and maintenance works during requirement of the IOCl. Further, the cases registered against the oustees’ leaders during agitation who are in jail would be legally considered for withdrawal.
The IOCl project-affected families have decided that after the three of their leaders are released from jail, the next course of action would be taken for fulfilment of the other demands, informed Ekata Manch leader Prakash Tirpathy.