Construction work at Airport site hit

Thiruvananthapuram : Hours after top officials of the Airports Authority of India reviewed the construction of the new terminal of the Thiruvananthapuram Airport, workers at the construction site have decided to keep off from work following attack by headload workers.
Spurning repeated instructions by the State Government, the headload workers in the Chakkai locality are insisting on 'nokku kooli’ for unloading building materials using crane at the airport construction site.
The issue, which has been an irritant in the construction works of the new terminal since its beginning, took a violent turn the other day when a section of headload workers assaulted workers at the construction site and caused damage to vehicles and property.
Following protest by the headload workers demanding `nokku kooli’, two truckloads of cement are waiting to be unloaded at the construction site over the last several days.
Vishal Infrastructure, which has been carrying out the works on the apron, taxiway and other key units, has decided to stop the work. ``We would be able to continue with the work only if the authorities could ensure adequate security, ‘’ said company project manager C.N. Sathisha.
26/01/09 Express Buzz

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Categories: Airports Jan 2009