In a bid to allay the fears among the many migrant labourers following the rumours on social media platforms that workers from Bihar have been being attacked in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin on Tuesday met labourers from Jharkhand working in a surgical glove manufacturing unit close to Kaavalkinaru in Tirunelveli district.
Mr. Stalin, who was continuing to the Thoothukudi airport from Nagercoil the place he attended a couple of features on Monday and Tuesday, entered the manufacturing unit of Kanam Latex Industries Pvt. Ltd. close to Kaavalkinaru on the Tirunelveli-Kanniyakumari district border and interacted with the migrant labourers.
The Chief Minister enquired with labourers from Jharkhand concerning the meals, keep, working circumstances, working hours and different amenities being offered to them by the administration. Most of them informed Mr. Stalin that they felt safe.
One of the male workers from Jharkhand informed him in Hindi that he had panicked when he obtained on social media the disturbing visuals purporting to point out the migrant workers being focused in Tiruppur. Mr. Stalin dismissed it because the handiwork of “a few mischievous people” spreading rumours to set off panic.
Asra Garg, Inspector-General of Police, South Zone, translated the Jharkhand youth’s apprehension to Mr. Stalin. The Chief Minister replied, “The visuals are not from Tiruppur… It is an old video from some other place. We are here to protect you and hence you need not worry.”
An official launch stated round 450 workers have been employed within the firm. Of them, greater than 150 workers, together with 30 girls, are from Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
The workers stated a few of them had been working for six years, some had been dwelling with their households and plenty of had been working right here for a yr to 2 years. They knowledgeable the Chief Minister that their work surroundings was excellent, all amenities, together with high quality meals and shelter, have been being offered by the corporate, and folks right here have been treating them like brothers they usually have been dwelling safely, as in the event that they have been of their house city, with none concern, the discharge added.
Ministers Ok.N. Nehru, Ok.Ok.S.S.R. Ramachandran and T. Mano Thangaraj, Kanniyakumari Collector P.N. Sridhar, director of Kaanam Latex Limited Praveen Mathew accompanied the Chief Minister throughout the go to.
