Paradip-Erasama Industrial Development Council president Bapi Sarkhel met Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily in New Delhi and apprised him about various issues of locals affected by the construction of Paradip Oil Refinery project at Paradip.
“I apprised the Union Minister about the reality of the locals at the ground level who were displaced for the project a few years ago but are yet to be rehabilitated properly. I too elaborated various problems of the project to which the Minister was not aware,” said Sarkhel.
Sarkhel too urged the Minister to ensure proper implementation of Odisha RR Policy-2006, besides giving justice to 149 displaced families registered under Paradip Displaced Persons Co-operative Society limited for IOCl. This is the only registered society of IOCl.
“I appealed to the Minister to ensure that one of the family members of these families get regular jobs in the project,” said Sarkhel, adding that, the Minister assured him that he will direct all the concerned authorities to sort out the issues of displaced persons, besides ensuring job opportunities for them.
Notably, Sarkhel played a pivotal role in enhancing the salary of contractual labourers working at the refinery depot to 113 per cent and so also the salary of Goa Carbon employees to 65 per cent.