Workers shut Board
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 24 2018:
Disgruntled labourers and workers locked the gate of Manipur Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board today afternoon condemning the pending payment of benefits for the workers.
Speaking to media persons Manipur Building and Other Construction Workers Federation general secretary Soibam Biramani said that despite the federation's appeal to the State Government for payment of the pending benefits from the year 2015 upto the current year, there has been no tangible action till date.
The federation has also submitted written requests to the Governor, Chief Minister and Labour Minister but to no avail, he claimed and added that today's closure of the board is a result of the negligence of the authorities concerned.
He informed that the federation organised a general meeting today and took the decision to close the board as a form of democratic protest.