Not paid, steel unit staffers hold protest in Mandi Gobindgarh

Fatehgarh Sahib, June 24

Hundreds of labourers and other employees of Modern Steels Limited, Mandi Gobindgarh, today held a protest against the management for not paying them their salaries for the last two months.

They raised slogans against the management and threatened to block the GT Road, but timely intervention by Amloh SDM Anand Sagar Sharma saved the situation from turning ugly.

The labourers said they were finding it difficult to make the ends meet and complained of braving scorching heat without fans.

Protesters said they would continue to protest till the time they didn’t get their dues. The SDM said the major issue of pending salaries had been resolved and the management had agreed to deposit Rs 5,000 in the account of the employees immediately.

Spokesperson for the management said they hadn’t received payments due to the lockdown, and would clear the dues of employees soon. — OC