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An all-party Joint Action Committee (JAC) of workers’ unions and people’s organisations connected Wednesday demanded ₹1 crore compensation and imperishable employment for the families of the 10 workers killed successful the June 8 mishap astatine the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, too calling for a judicial enquiry into the ghastly incident.
The request was made astatine a round-table league organised by the JAC astatine the Public Library successful the city. The gathering was chaired by JAC president M. Jaggu Naidu and vice-chairman M. Manmadhara Rao.
Lapses successful information measures
Addressing the gathering, erstwhile UPSC subordinate and erstwhile Vice-Chancellor of Dravidian University K.S. Chalam, Visakhapatnam Bar Association president Sanyasi Rao, CITU State president Ch. Narasinga Rao, and Visakha Steel Protection Committee leaders Mantri Rajasekhar and Adinarayana alleged that lapses successful information measures and attraction had contributed to the accident.
“Our archetypal request is simply a judicial inquiry. Only an autarkic and impartial probe tin bring retired the truth,” Mr. Narasinga Rao said, portion calling for accountability and measures to forestall akin incidents successful future.
A solution adopted astatine the gathering called for a judicial enquiry into the accident, outgo of ₹1 crore compensation and imperishable employment to the families of the deceased workers, and ₹50 lakh compensation to those injured. It besides sought afloat reimbursement of aesculapian expenses incurred by the injured.
The gathering was attended by representatives of CITU, AITUC, IFTU, INTUC and respective different workers’ unions, on with members of lawyers’, women’s, younker and farmers’ organisations.
