Date:19/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/19/stories/2008071951180300.htm

Karnataka

Protest against bid to close oil mill

Staff Correspondent

Chitradurga: Protesting against the alleged attempts to shut down Sri Murugharajendra Oil Mill here, members of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and mill workers staged a dharna outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office on Friday.

Addressing the protesters, AITUC district president G. Chandrappa said that in drought-prone district like Chitradurga, there were a few industries that were providing a livelihood to poor families.

“Earlier some of the factories in the district were shut down leaving numerous workers unemployed,” he said.