The protesters, most of whom getting a subsistence allowance of about ₹16,000 per month for the work offered, were among the nearly 650 persons working with MAHAGENCO under provisions for project evacuees.
A meeting would be convened with State Energy Minister Nitin Raut to address their demands, Minister Vijay Wadettiwar said, assuring the protesters.
Maharashtra, August 17: All the 7 protesters have climbed down from the gallery of a 275-metre-high chimney of Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station (CSTPS) after a discussion with District Guardian Minister Vijay Wadettiwar on Friday. Demanding a permanent job, the protesters – Paresh Bhagat, Pramod Gharmade, Prashant Dhawad, Sunil Wankhede, Mangesh Khobragade, Vidya Zade and Pinki Nikhade – had perched themselves on the gallery nearly 10 days ago.
The protestors were among hundreds of those whose family’s agricultural land was acquired in the 1980s to build the power project run by state power generation company MAHAGENCO. They had reportedly gone without food for days after having perched themselves on the gallery.
“They agreed to come down after Wadettiwar assured them of convening a meeting with state Energy Minister Nitin Raut to address their demands” said CSTPS Chief Engineer Raju Ghuge., adding that they were all in fine health.”
The protesters were among nearly 650 persons working with MAHAGENCO under provisions for project evacuees. Most of them getting a subsistence allowance of about ₹16,000 per month for the work offered by MAHAGENCO, according to whom, the earlier generation of project-affected persons were given nearly 2,800 permanent jobs.
