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Workers' body meeting from Sept. 10

Staff Correspondent

Himachal hydel project workers' sufferings figures in People's Democracy

SHIMLA: The CITU affiliated National Workers Federation of India is having its 6th National Conference in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. This was disclosed by the State CITU Treasurer Mr. Jagat Ram after the assessment of rally and convention preparations. The three-day national conference will start from September 10. "It will be a big milestone and a turning point for all the ongoing labour and working class movements in the hill State and elsewhere," said the left leader.

The mass rally on coming Sunday will be addressed by the national CITU President Dr. M.K. Pandhe, General Secretary Chitvrata Majumdar (Rajya Sabha MP) and former Himachal MLA Rakesh Singha. Around 600 representatives of construction workmen from all over the country and national leaders of CITU including four MPs and 14 MLAs would participate in the convention, said Mr. Khushal Bhardwaj, media in charge for the convention.

The workers' representatives from Vietnam, Australia, England, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Pakistan and North Korea and 14 other countries would also participate, he said.

Flouting of labour norms, widespread corruption, anti workmen policies, atrocities by the companies and providing of State patronage by the Virbhadra government and torture of CITU leaders including the recent one when the State Secretary of CITU Dr Kashmir was tortured by the Chamba police would be the main issues to be discussed in the three day conference, said Khushal Bhardwaj.

Chamba police blamed

The latest issue of People's Democracy, the weekly newspaper of CPI-M, has given an extensive coverage to the issue of hydel project workers sufferings in the hill State.

It has clearly blamed the Chamba police led by the SP for the custodial torture of State secretariat member Dr Kashmir Thakur and has blamed the Hindustan Construction Company for the death of three CITU activists. The Polit Bureau has also demanded an amicable solution through negotiations for settling the dispute with the workers.

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