loading of ash and coal transportation at the Bokaro Thermal power Plant remained suspended for the third onssecutive day, following a blockade put up by the Visthapit Sangharsh Morcha.
The Morcha is protesting against delay in providing employment to them by the DVC in accordance with an agreement with the manageent .Though meetings of the DVC management and the Morcha leaders were on since Wednesday, no settlement was in sight. The DVC management has held the morcha leaders responsible for the coal and ash transportation stoppage .It has termed the blockade as illegal. According to JMM, MlA, Dumari, Jagarnath Mahto the DVC was running several project at Chanderpura, and Bokaro Thermal in the Bermo area but there were hundred of displaced persons who have found no place in these power projects.
Before the Chaka Jam began leaders of JMM, who leading the morcha held talks with DVC management on their 15 point charter, but the discussions failed, sources added . The agitation was led by Dumari, JMM, MlA, and Jagarnath Mahto, Dasrath Mahto, Santosh Kumar Mahto, Mahesh Ram and Teklal Mahto. Warning the Damodar Valley Corporation management of violent agitation in future ,the JMM leaders said if their demands were not fulfilled with in 15 days ,they restore to gate jam .
The displaced persons and the JMM supporters earlier also took out a “Mashal Julus” in entire DVC ,BTPS residential colonies .The Dumari JMM ,MlA ,Jagarnath Mahto ,while addressing the demonstration ,said though the local population has given up their land for construction of the DVC plants,they were subjected to exploitation by the authorities in return. He warned that if the DVC management fails to solve the visthapit problem of BTPS ,it might face a violent agitation . Dasrath Mahto ,local leader of JMM ,while speaking on the occasion said the DVC must take up their 15 point of charter of the displaced seriously .