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Vedanta factory workers vandalize property in Orissa | Workers of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) smashed
office equipments and vandalized property amid fears of losing their jobs, after the Union Environment Ministry rejected plans for the unit's refinery's expansion.
"There were around 200-300 workers from L&T (Larsen and Toubro Limited, to which
VAL outsourced its work) who had some settlement. There was a discussion going
on and when it was coming to a final stage, that time some people came from outside
and sabotaged the office. They broke the windows, computers, furniture, servers.
We are facing a loss of one crore in this process," Mukesh Kumar, CEO, Vedanta
Aluminium Limited (VAL) said on Thursday. Angry workers demanded an extra three
months salary from the authorities after the closure of the refinery was announced,
and after the discussion for the same, they broke windows, computers and office
furniture. "Some days back it was announced that the refinery is getting closed.
We were supposed to get the salary of the August month and the workers demanded
that they have been working for the past so many years and now where will they
go and even it's a rainy season and demanded some extra money. The workers demanded
the extra salary for three months," said Rajkishore Mahato, an employee. The workers
had staged a demonstration to demand the final settlement of their arrears including
the three-month salaries. The agitation turned violent and ten persons were injured
in the stone throwing incidents that ensued. |
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