Jute mill workers warn to launch more stringent protest

Industrial workers along the Sunsari-Morang corridor Friday issued warning they would unleash more stringent protest beginning Sunday if the government continued to remain lackadaisical towards their demand to resume 500 closed factories situated there.

Some 500 factories based in the Sunsari-Morang corridor halted their operations due to paralysing power outage, industrial strike and Jogbani blockade.

According to agitating workers, the closure of 500 factories has resulted in loss of jobs of 50,000 workers.

Morang Trade Association has also bemoaned that the halt in operations of factories in the corridor is triggering financial losses of over Rs 100 million a day.

The industrialists have also said their businesses would face a virtual debacle if the concerned authority did nothing to resolve the crisis.

The workers of jute industries have been staging an indefinite strike for the last ten days demanding they be paid minimum daily wage of Rs 190 set by the government. nepalnews.com Jan 10 09

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