Monday, September 20, 2010

Kalahandi labourers hold demo, seek justice

The Pioneer, Sept 5, 2010
Pioneer News Service | Bhawanipatna

Hundreds of labourers of Kalahandi district staged a dharna before the office of the Superintendent of Police on Saturday demanding justice to them in the wake of the brutal attack on some workers by outside elements on Tuesday night when the L&T management directed thousands of labourers to stop the company’s extension work for 15 days.

It was already reported earlier that when L&T could not fulfil the workers’ demands there was a hue and cry and ransacking of its office inside the Vedanta Aluminium Ltd’s premises at Lanjigarh on Tuesday.

Kalahandi SP Sudha Singh told The Pioneer that no outside elements were involved in the incident. It was completely an internal matter, she said.

However, she further said she has registered the labourers’ complaints against the accused outsiders on Saturday and, accordingly, proper action would be taken.

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