A group of workers of a private textile mill on the city outskirts and their family members submitted a petition to Collector M. Karunakaran on Monday seeking his intervention to prevent the possible closure of the mill and save them from being shunted out from the quarters.
The petitioners said the textile mill at Shankar Nagar with over 500 workers was facing a sudden closure “with mounting debts the mill had borrowed from a few banks.” One of the nationalised banks had issued a notice to the management of the mill to clear the outstanding immediately with interest or face distraining proceedings.
“Hence, the management has informed the workers about the imminent closure in near future and asked them to vacate their quarters with immediate effect. If the textile unit is closed, the workers and their family members will be left in a deep trouble. Hence, the district administration should initiate talks with the management of the mill to prevent the closure,” petitioners said.
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A group of farmers having their holdings under the Nainarkulam irrigation system in Tirunelveli Town submitted a petition seeking the construction of three shutters in the waterbody providing succour to 586 acres. They said the construction of shutters from 6 to 8 at Nainarkulam would increase the area of cultivation. “The Public Works Department, which has to maintain Nainarkulam, had been refusing to construct these shutters for the past 11 years though the farmers have submitted petitions for the past several years. Hence, the Collector should instruct the PWD officials to take up the construction of these shutters at the earliest,” said C. Nellaiyappan, the president of Nainarkulam Farmers’ Association.