Tag: Labourers

Paradip: Retrenched labourers of Cargill India Company in Paradip today staged protest outside the company demanding reinstatement to their jobs. As per reports, the Cargill refinery plant, which was set up in 2004, had employed hundreds of workers. However, the company shut down its operations in 2006 citing transport-related issues. Though a few months back […]

Rescue operations to pull out the two labourers trapped under debris at the Bariput stone quarry in Jeypore continued for the sixth consecutive day today. While the ODRAF team and Fire Services personnel have continued the rescue work since the past five days, an NDRF team joined them last evening.

Bengaluru: Some Odia labourers engaged in construction work by a private company in Bengaluru are now moving from pillar to post seeking justice as they have been deprived of wages for the last eight months. The labourers, working for Prathyusha Infra in Chandapur area near Bengaluru, have alleged that the local branch of the company […]

Bhubaneswar: Expressing grief over the loss of a life after a major portion of an under-construction flyover bridge collapsed near Bomikhal here on Sunday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh from Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for kin of the deceased. One person was killed while around 12 others including few labourers […]

Bolangir: After 11 months of torture and exploitation, a migrant family of Titlagarh in Bolangir district has finally returned home from Hyderabad. The family from Siker village under Titlagarh block of the district had moved to Hyderabad to work in a brick kiln as labourers. The brick kiln owner had assured them to pay Rs […]

Bhubaneswar:  The state government will provide houses to labourers at low price in five towns including Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Jajpur, Paradip and Berhampur soon. The houses will be provided through the Odisha Housing and Urban Development Department, announced Labour Minister Prafulla Mallick here today. Addressing a gathering on the Labour Day celebration, the Minister said registration […]

Bhubaneswar: In a tragic incident, two Odia labourers died of asphyxiation while cleaning a sewerage drain at Faridabad in Haryana on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Umakanta Pradhan and Nalini Swain of Rajnagar area in Kendrapara district. More details are awaited.

By Dillip Pradhan Cuttack: They are not the commodities or merchandise to be sold; all they offer is their services, to be had in return for daily wages. And that’s what makes this market unique. Come to Bajrakabati road or Biju Patnaik Square in the city in the morning of between 8 am and 10 […]

Bhubaneswar: The five Odia labourers who had gone to Dubai in search of work a year ago, finally reached Odisha today. The labourers, who were tortured since five months as the company in which they were working stopped their salary, were rescued with the help two NGOs. Talking to media persons after their arrival at […]

Berhampur: Two labourers died of suffocation inside a septic tank at Bamkei village of Digapahandi block under K Nuagan police limits in Ganjam district this morning. The deceased have been identified as Pradiip Pradhan and Sambharu Pradhan. Reports said these two labourers had gone to the house of Dipak Pradhan, vice-chairperson of Digapahandi NAC to […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday increased the minimum daily wages of unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and highly-skilled labourers in the state. The Labour and ESI department published a gazette notification in this regard on Tuesday. As per the revised pay, the daily wages of unskilled labourers have been hiked to Rs 280 from Rs 200 while […]

Jaipur: Four labourers, repairing a tunnel in Rajasthan’s Sirohi district died after being buried alive under debris, the police said today. They were trapped under the debris yesterday due to vibrations generated by a poclain machine working at the site on Beawar-Pindwara national highway. The family members of the deceased, identified as Devi Singh (32), […]

Sundergarh: Seven other Odia labourers including three women who were detained by a brick kiln owner in Vizianagaram of Andhra Pradesh were rescued and brought back to Odisha after intervention of the State Labour department. Five among the rescued labourers are from Sundergarh district while the other two are residents of Bargarh district. Officials of […]

Keonjhar: Three labourers engaged in soil mining lost their lives in a landslide at Tulasichaura village of Keonjhar district today. As per reports, a portion of the earth caved in when the labourers were loading soil in a tractor as a result of which 3 labourers were buried alive and another woman suffered critical injuries. […]

Bhubaneswar: Over 200 residents from Odisha, engaged as labourers in Kerala are stranded in the southern state which has been severely hit by floods. As per reports, the labourers hail from Patpur, Radhadeipur, S Gopalpur and Khalingi areas of Ganjam district. The labourers were working in different companies in Kerala since last few months and […]