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CPT trade unions to support Vallarpadam project

By Our Staff Reporter

KOCHI, JAN. 17. Trade unions at the Cochin Port Trust (CPT) vowed to support the International Container Trans-shipment Terminal (ICTT) project at Vallarpadam and the proposals on the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal (RGCT), even while expressing their apprehension regarding handing over of the RGCT to the private operator and reservations on certain terms of establishing the ICTT.

A press release from the CPT said that the views of the trade unions were expressed at a meeting between the unions and the CPT officials.

The meeting, led by the CPT chairman, Jacob Thomas, was convened to apprise the unions of the ICTT project.

The chairman had explained to the trade unions the logic behind the inclusion of various clauses in the proposed agreement to be executed between the CPT and the selected private company in the project. He had assured the unions that the fear expressed by them would be kept in mind while finalising the terms of agreement, the release said.

"In the wake of the positive response in the qualification stage, the meeting collectively decided to address the immediate issues and pave the way for establishing the terminal in a time-bound manner," the release said.

It also said that the unions were not happy about the Government insistence on public-private partnership as a pre-condition for granting the viability gap fund support. However, it said that the general consensus was that the support of the Government of India should be availed under conditions not detrimental to the port's future, the welfare of the employees and the interests of the nation.

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