Mangalore, March 17: Pejawar Mutt pontiff Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji on Thursday visited the encampment of job seekers in the project displaced families of the Mangalore Special Economic Zone, whose indefinite hunger strike in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner went on for the 17th consecutive day today.
During his 10 minute stay with the demonstrating youth, on his way to Kasaragod from Udupi, Pejawar Shree vowed to exert pressure on Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa to fulfill the demands of displaced families.
Expressing his support to the cause of the agitators, Swamiji said that he is aware of the problems faced by the youth of the project displaced families, who have been deceived by the company after undergoing prolonged training.
Around two hundred youth, belonging to MSEZ affected families, who have already completed training and those who are being trained at the Karnataka Polytechnic (KPT) are taking part in the protest. The seer also received a memorandum from the protesters.
Currently, 186 candidates have completed the training imparted by the company, while 188 other candidates are still undergoing job training. Most of them had stopped their education half way through following the company's assurance that they would get high salary jobs if they passed out of training classes.
The protesters are of the demand that all the 186 trained candidates be immediately recruited either in MRPL or ONGC and a written assurance be provided for the 188 youth, who are currently undergoing training that suitable jobs will be provided to them too, immediately after they complete their training. If they fail to provide jobs, they have to pay a compensation amount of Rs 30 lakh for each candidate for spoiling their future, the protesters demand.
Addressing Kannadiga delegates from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and other countries through a video conference, Dr Narayan also assured that necessary steps will be taken by the Karnataka government to provide free quarantine facility for those who cannot afford private quarantine in hotels or guest houses. The video conference was organised by coastaldigest.com.
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