Trending Now
- Vijay will definitely win in politics; His political moves are good – Vijay’s father S.A. Chandrasekhar
- Chief Minister M.K.Stalin is staging a drama in the assembly on the issue of tungsten; CM MK Stalin should resign over Tasmac issue – BJP leader Annamalai
- Adani never met me; I did not see him – Chief Minister M.K.Stalin’s statement in the Assembly
Coimbatore
CWFI asks Government to take over sand quarries
October 12, 2015
In order to put an end to sand mining, the Construction Workers Federation of India (CWFI), Centre of Indian Trade Union’s (CITU) 17th District Conference urged the Government to take over and manage the sand quarries.
The event was presided over by District head K. Manoharan. Various resolutions including issuing a pension of Rs. 4,000 for construction workers above the age of 60 and women above the age of 50; controlling the rising prices of construction materials; asking the Government to take over sand quarries to keep the activities of sand mafia under check; condemning the ignorant attitude of welfare association towards labourers; requesting for residential lands for construction workers, were passed.
In the conference the following office bearers were elected: K. Manoharan as President, R. Palanisamy as secretary, N. Selvaraj as treasurer and sixteen other officials were elected. The 42-member district group was also elected at the conference.
