CUDDALORE:
K.S. Alagiri, Cuddalore MP, has expressed happiness over the Neyveli Lignite Corporation having earned the coveted Navratna status.
In a letter to NLC Chairman-cum-Managing Director A.R.Ansari on Thursday, he said that with the elevated status, the corporate social responsibility of the company would get accentuated. Mr. Alagiri said that a section of workforce domiciled in Block Nos. 21 and 30 of Neyveli Township for the past 25 years was lacking certain basic amenities. It was an irony that though they were living in the Neyveli Township, their houses were engulfed in darkness because the NLC was not supplying them electricity.
The NLC had imposed a heavy financial burden on them by asking them to pay rent for their occupancy with retrospective effect. Mr Alagiri suggested that the NLC calculate the rent for their occupancy from the date of conferment of the Navratna status as it would not only alleviate the sufferings of the working class but also improve industrial relations. NLC sources said the company had made its stand very clear, time and again, that if they comply with the rules and regulations of the public sector undertaking, they would be entitled to occupancy rights and electricity connection.
A section of the residents there had started paying land lease, fixed on an annual basis, and electricity bill. However, a group of people, who considered themselves above law, were unduly staking their claim to the amenities without any rights. Sources said the NLC management is ready to improve the living standard of the workforce, provided they respect the rules.
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