Some factories sharing the same fate

The Cement Corporation of India (CCI), Adilabad unit, completely stopped cement production in 1998 after running for over a decade. It had 450 regular employees and workers and 1,000 workers on contract who fell on bad times due to suspension of production.

There were instances when the women family members of workers in the closed CCI unit resorted to sex work to make ends meet. The unit still has about 80 employees on its rolls, who are hopeful of revival of the cement plant despite the passage of such a long time since its closure.

Adilabad cooperative spinning mill closed in 1999...

Close on the heels of the CCI, the Adilabad Cooperative Spinning Mill in Adilabad town declared a lockout throwing the lives of its nearly 700 workers and employees in disarray. The workers faced a considerably bad time subsequent to the closure of the spinning mill.

Other factories which closed down...

Two other factories which closed down during the last two decades in Adilabad district are the Annapurna and Someshwara cement plants. It ruined the livelihoods of a few hundred workers.