Dunlop board to discuss shut Bengal factory Oct 21
October 13th, 2011 - 1:07 am ICT by IANSKolkata, Oct 12 (IANS) Tyre maker Dunlop India Limited (DIL) will discuss the suspension of work at its Sahagunj factory in West Bengal’s Hooghly district and the government’s demand of reopening the factory at the company’s board meeting Oct 21.
The company management put up suspension of work notice at the factory gate Friday night, five months after a temporary shut-down in April. About 900 workers are employed at the unit.
“The board of the company will meet Oct 21 for the second quarter results. The board will discuss accounts and inter alia. In the meeting the suspension of work at the Sahagunj plant and government’s call on reopening of the factory will be considered,” a DIL official said here Wednesday.
Talks between the DIL and the West Bengal government on reopening the Sahaganj factory failed to make any headway Oct 10, even as the government asked the company to withdraw its suspension of work notice and reopen the factory immediately.
‘The factory should be immediately reopened. If they do not reopen the factory tomorrow or day after tomorrow, then we will certainly look into the matter,’ state Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee had said after the meeting at the state secretariat, which was also attended by Labour Minister Purnendu Bose.
Officials of the Pawan Ruia-owned company put forth several conditions before the government representatives for reopening the plant, including improvement in law and order and expeditious clearance of a power project in the factory premises to reduce production cost.
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- Dunlop shutdown continues as talks fail - Oct 10, 2011
- Conditional offer to open Sahagunj unit in phases - Oct 21, 2011
- Dunlop suspends work at Bengal tyre factory - Oct 08, 2011
- Ensure law and order for Dunlop plant to function: Ruia - Sep 10, 2011
- Will try to get Sahagunj reopened, Bengal assures Dunlop workers - Oct 17, 2011
- Dunlop to withdraw lay-off notice at Bengal plant - Apr 05, 2011
- Dunlop drops lay-off notice, asks workers to join duty - Apr 06, 2011
- Ruia asked to submit Dunlop revival plan - Aug 01, 2011
- 'Clarify timeframe on worker deployment at Sahaganj' - Apr 10, 2012
- Work suspended at Dunlop factory in Bengal - Apr 04, 2011
- 'Want to reopen closed Bengal unit: Dunlop India tells court' - Apr 03, 2012
- Dunlop to start production from Sahaganj unit Dec 2 - Nov 24, 2009
- Dunlop board allots shares to convert loan into equity - Apr 29, 2012
- Dunlop may shut West Bengal unit again - Jul 25, 2009
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