Residents of various localities including Naya Basti of Bokaro Thermal and also unorganised workers unions on Saturday staged a demonstration and blocked the main gate at Bokaro Thermal power plant, following the death of one of their colleagues, who was identified as lucky Gope, a skilled khalasi in main store of the power plant here on Friday at about 11 am.
Gope died due to the heart failure at around 11 am on Friday while he was on his duty.
He was later admitted to the local DVC hospital where the doctor declared dead him.
As news of his death spread his colleagues as well as his village Naya Basti began an agitation, demanding adequate compensation for and the dependents of lucky Gope besides a job for one of the family members of the deceased.
The agitated villagers and trade unions members obstructed all work by standing a dharna and threatened to intensify the stir unless the demand were fulfilled.
Tension prevailed in the area although the local Bokaro Thermal police and CISF were camping there. Those who participated in the agitation included Kamgar union, Karamcharisangh, Staff association and others hundred villagers.
The agitation have no effected the power generation of unit no -3 of the power plant. While the high level meeting with local trade union is going on ,said Chief engineer Mirnal Biswash.