Adani Gopalpur Port workers’ unions Friday presented a 10-point demand charter to the port management and sought interference of the Ganjam district administration in the matter. They have given a seven-day ultimatum to the management to fulfill their demands, failing which they have warned to sit on a dharna in front of the port’s main entrance.

As per reports, leaders of two labour unions, registered as Gopalpur Port Dock Workers’ Union and Gopalpur Port Karmachari Sangh, met the Ganjam Collector V Keerthi Vasan to submit their demand letter and sought government’s role in resolving their issues. Their demands included Rs 10 lakh group term insurance policy, job rehabilitation to at least one family member of a deceased labourer, 70 per cent increment in wages, allotment of a minimum of

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