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VSP unions threaten to remove GPL’s rail track

VISAKHAPATNAM: In a rare show of unity, all the trade unions of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant have threatened to resort to direct action if Gangavaram Port authorities fail to remove the rail track laid on the Balacheruvu road by Thursday.

The Gangavaram Port Limited (GPL), which built a private port at Gangavaram after acquiring VSP’s land, is getting ready to inaugurate the first phase of the port project shortly.

In a representation to VSP Director (personnel) Y. Manohar, VSP recognised union president D. Adinarayana, INTUC leader Mantri Rajasekhar and others stated that the port authorities constructed the rail track overnight on a war-footing by deceiving the employees and their families living over there.

They said in the absence of a flyover, the track would cause threat to the lives of people living in the area.

Earlier, the track laid by the port authorities was removed by the residents of the area leading to tension.

The unions said that despite their demand to construct a flyover before laying the track, the port management had unilaterally built the track again.

“If the track is not removed by Thursday, we have no other alternative except to go for direct action,” they told the VSP Director (personnel) and sought his intervention to settle the issue amicably.

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