Ganjam: Labana Shramiks (salt labourers) of Humma under Ganjam block of Ganjam district demonstrated in front of the office of Salt Superintendent of Ganjam for the fulfillment of their demands on Tuesday here.
The Labana Shramik Sangha (Salt Labourers Organisation) demanded that they are not getting adequate wage, government subsidies and not benefitted by the Government schemes. Last year, untimely heavy rain hit the production of salt as well as washed away the salt due to lack of storage system. So they need a proper storage system with marketing facilities.
Hundreds of farmers set out a rally towards the office of salt superintended by chanting the slogan ‘palaka jahara, Abora tahara’ , the farm is ours , as our own salt-gather-stick. Mostly, the salt farms are operated by some landlords. The labourers work in the scorching heat of summer, but they are not treated as stakeholders, all the benefits go to landlords only. So they are opposing this system and demand to provide the farm land as their own.
They also demanded to provide them house in the scheme of Namak Awas Yojana, road to the village, sanitation facilities and health insurance.
The salt labourers attract the attention of the District Magistrate of Ganjam, MLA of Chatrapur and Salt Commission, Rajasthan towards the fulfilling of their demand.
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