Rising up arms against Bokaro Steel Plant (BSl) management for its ‘indifferent attitude’ in providing jobs and compensation to the displaced people VSM (Visthapit Sangharsh Morcha) a displaced group threatened to disrupt the power supply of the plant.
Three days earlier the displaced group had disrupted the water supply of the plant and township area. The agitating group had also created several breaches in the Tenu-Canal near Tupkadih.
If the plant management did not pay any heed to our demands, we will disrupt the power supply this time, said Gulab Chandra the founder the group.
Most of the displaced groups are demanding BSl to provide 20,000 jobs in bulk while the BSl management has declared that it has already provided jobs to about 16,000 displaced people.
Meanwhile, the VSM claimed that the company at the time of acquiring their lands to set up the plant had promised to provide jobs to 24,000 identified displaced people.