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Tata steel told to provide jobs to trained youth

BERHAMPUR: The officials of the Tata Steel were ordered by the administration to make arrangement for employment of technically trained youths from families displaced for its now shelved steel project in Ganjam district by the end of May.

The Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), southern division, Satyabrata Sahu made this order at a meeting held to discuss the employment of youths from displaced families. These youths had taken up the path of agitation as the company authorities were allegedly side tracking the promises they had made during the land acquisition for the project which was shelved. This meeting was also attended by Ganjam district Collector, V.K. Pandian and officials of Tata Steel.

The officials of the company informed that till date the company had provided employment to 49 youths from displaced families.

They accepted that there were many more technically trained youths who were yet to get any scope of appointment from the company. Manoj Kumar Panigrahy, one among the group of youths from displaced families who have started agitation since November last year demanding the company to provide them employment said around 200 youths were provided ITI training by the company from 1996 to 1999. During displacement the company had promised to train and provide employment to one youth from each of the displaced families.

Along with the shelved project, the company also forgot its promise, alleged Manoj. In November they were also promised to be provided employment by the end of January, which did not occur.

The company plans an SEZ on the land which is opposed by the displaced families.

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