Daijiworld Media Network- Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Oct 16: Members of the old port labourers Association and the DYFI Port Unit staged a protest in front of the newly constructed Indira Canteen near the old municipal office at Old Port, demanding the immediate commencement of canteen services.

The protest was organized to draw attention to the district administration’s negligence in failing to open the Indira Canteen that was prioritized for the Old Port area. Home to a large number of hamali (loading/unloading) workers, fishermen, lorry and tempo drivers, and other labourers engaged in loading and fish market activities.

Addressing the protestors, B K Imthiyaz, president of both DYFI district committee and Port Labourers’ association, said that the workers who contributed immensely to the

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