Tension prevailed in Attur town for the whole day on Sunday with the workers of sago factories launching strike and farmers too joining them parking the lorries laden with tapioca on the roadsides.
The strike by the sago factories and its workers was to protest against the series of raids conducted by the Food Safety Officials to check adulteration in sago production.
The sago factory owners alleged that the raids had badly affected sago production. They said that they were ready to produce sago as per the Food Safety Department guidelines and demanded the State Government to come out with a set of safety norms.
T. Anuradha, District Designated Officer, Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department, conducted surprise checks in a few sago factories in Attur town on Thursday, which once again led to tension.
To condemn the action of the department officials, the factory owners and workers had announced strike from Sunday. Factories functioning in Attur, Talaivasal, Gangavalli, Rasipuram, Dharmapuri, and Namakkal remained closed today. The factory owners declined to procure tapioca till this problem was solved.
Meanwhile, following fixing of the procurement price for tapioca at the tripartite talks held at the Collectorate here on Friday, a large number of farmers had brought tapioca in lorries to Attur. Since the sago factories did not function on Sunday, the lorries were parked on the roadsides.The sago unit owners, workers and farmers staged agitation in front of the RTO office, Attur, demanding a permanent solution to this problem.
S. Selvaraj, District Revenue Officer, held discussion with the representatives of Attur Starch and Javvarisi Urpatthiyalargal Munnetra Nala Sangam, workers and farmers.
S. Jayachandran, Revenue Divisional Officer, Attur, and T. Anuradha, District Designated Officer, Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department too participated in the negotiations.
The farmers’ representatives said that this is the prime harvesting period and closure of sago units will put the farmers in severe financial loss. The officials informed the sago unit owners that no case was registered against them in connection with the raids conducted by the food safety officials
The strike by the sago factories and its workers was to protest against the series of raids conducted by the Food Safety Officials to check adulteration in sago production.
The sago factory owners alleged that the raids had badly affected sago production. They said that they were ready to produce sago as per the Food Safety Department guidelines and demanded the State Government to come out with a set of safety norms.
T. Anuradha, District Designated Officer, Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department, conducted surprise checks in a few sago factories in Attur town on Thursday, which once again led to tension.
To condemn the action of the department officials, the factory owners and workers had announced strike from Sunday. Factories functioning in Attur, Talaivasal, Gangavalli, Rasipuram, Dharmapuri, and Namakkal remained closed today. The factory owners declined to procure tapioca till this problem was solved.
Meanwhile, following fixing of the procurement price for tapioca at the tripartite talks held at the Collectorate here on Friday, a large number of farmers had brought tapioca in lorries to Attur. Since the sago factories did not function on Sunday, the lorries were parked on the roadsides.The sago unit owners, workers and farmers staged agitation in front of the RTO office, Attur, demanding a permanent solution to this problem.
S. Selvaraj, District Revenue Officer, held discussion with the representatives of Attur Starch and Javvarisi Urpatthiyalargal Munnetra Nala Sangam, workers and farmers.
S. Jayachandran, Revenue Divisional Officer, Attur, and T. Anuradha, District Designated Officer, Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department too participated in the negotiations.
The farmers’ representatives said that this is the prime harvesting period and closure of sago units will put the farmers in severe financial loss. The officials informed the sago unit owners that no case was registered against them in connection with the raids conducted by the food safety officials
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