Statesman News Service has reported that stoppage of work by the contractual laborers of Kalinga Nagar Mazdoor Sangh at the Maithan Ispat Limited in the Kalinga Nagar, has forced the plant to shut down its kiln.

As per reports, about 160 contractual workers set in front of the main gate of the factory and stopped the entry of the officers and employees of the plant demanding permanent employee’s status.

Mr Sanjib Kothari GM of MIL told SNS that “We are facing cease work, strike, agitation, dharanas and extortion since inception of our steel plant in the industrial complex. Every day, almost every self styled labor union leader knocks at our door with some demands which are no connected with industry. If we refuse to oblige them they even assault us and threaten us with dire consequence. The local police are scared of even responding to our distress calls, let alone taking action ever since the firing incident. Many times, we are being told that they were insecure and they could not provide security.”

This incident has again exposed the unrest in Kalinga Nagar, which is infamous for police firing on January2nd 2006 in which 13 tribal were killed.