The Hindu Business Line : Plea to merge Vizag Dock Labour Board with VPT

Visakhapatnam, July 5 The Union Shipping Ministry should take a decision immediately on the proposed merger of the Visakhapatnam Dock Labour Board with the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), as all the local unions have agreed to the proposal, according to Mr V.V. Rama Rao, the honorary president of the Visakhapatnam Harbour and Port Workers’ Union.

In a letter to the Secretary of the Union Shipping Ministry, he said a draft proposal had been sent to the Union Shipping Ministry by the Dock Labour Board in March, after holding consultations with all the unions and seeking their approval. Still, no communication had been received from the Ministry, he said.

The issue of providing employment to the 347 selected master list (containing the names of the eligible kith and kin of deceased employees) candidates had also been mentioned in the letter, he added. He said the delay in approving the merger was causing apprehensions in the minds of the selected candidates. Any further delay may even result in the candidates resorting to an agitation.

To maintain peace at the port, he said, the selected candidates should be provided employment on casual basis at least, pending merger of the DLB with the VPT. He urged the Secretary to act expeditiously.

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