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Government Clears 11-Year Dues for Kovur Sugar Workers
The government has approved money for workers from the Kovur Sugar Factory.
More than 400 workers had been waiting for their unpaid dues.
The payments had been delayed for 11 years.
The factory closed, leaving the workers without their salaries.
The government has sanctioned Rs 22 crore for the arrears.
Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy said she brought the problem to the Chief Minister.
She thanked Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for helping release the funds.
She also said the government should soon decide what will happen to the factory.
The State government approved Rs 22 crore to pay arrears owed to Kovur Sugar Factory workers.
More than 400 employees had reportedly gone unpaid for 11 years after the factory closed.
Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy announced the decision at a press conference in Nellore.
Reddy said she raised the workers’ concerns with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and in the Assembly.
She expressed hope that the government will soon decide the future of the Kovur Sugar Factory.
- Who
- More than 400 Kovur Sugar Factory workers, Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy, and the State government.
- What
- The government approved Rs 22 crore to pay workers’ arrears pending for 11 years.
- Where
- The announcement was made in Nellore, concerning the Kovur Sugar Factory.
- When
- The approval was announced on Sunday; the arrears had remained unpaid for 11 years.
- Why
- The funds were approved to settle unpaid dues owed to workers after the factory closed.
Key facts
- Amount approved
- Rs 22 crore
- Workers affected
- Over 400 employees
- Length of delay
- 11 years
- Factory
- Kovur Sugar Factory
- Factory status
- Closed
- Announced by
- Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy
- Government leader thanked
- Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu
Quotes
Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy
Kovur MLA who raised the workers’ dues issue with the Chief Minister and Assembly
“I was not aware until then that there is a sugar factory in Kovur or that its workers had not received salaries for 11 years after the factory was closed.”
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