Govt urged to reopen closed jute mills
Friday, 6 January 2012
Speakers at a citizens' rally here on Thursday urged the government to reopen the country's closed state-run jute mills to create job opportunities for those who lost their jobs due to the closure of these mills, reports UNB.
They said about 30 million people of the country were involved with the jute sector, but this potential sector was now at stake due to foreign pressure.
Nagarik Sanghati and Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL) jointly organised the rally in front of the National Press Club in the city in the morning.
Chaired by general secretary of Nagarik Sanghati Sharifuzzaman, the rally was addressed, among others, by columnist Syed Abul Maksud, workers' leaders Dr Wazedul Islam Khan, Lutfar Rahman and Shafiquddin Ahmed.
The speakers said the previous BNP-Jama'at government had closed the Adamjee Jute Mills, on July 30 in 2002 throwing some 32,000 workers out of job.
Meanwhile, two jute mills have been reopened as per a government decision to reopen all the closed jute mills in phases.
They said about 30 million people of the country were involved with the jute sector, but this potential sector was now at stake due to foreign pressure.
Nagarik Sanghati and Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL) jointly organised the rally in front of the National Press Club in the city in the morning.
Chaired by general secretary of Nagarik Sanghati Sharifuzzaman, the rally was addressed, among others, by columnist Syed Abul Maksud, workers' leaders Dr Wazedul Islam Khan, Lutfar Rahman and Shafiquddin Ahmed.
The speakers said the previous BNP-Jama'at government had closed the Adamjee Jute Mills, on July 30 in 2002 throwing some 32,000 workers out of job.
Meanwhile, two jute mills have been reopened as per a government decision to reopen all the closed jute mills in phases.