Govt move to privatise jute mill protested

KHULNA, Mar 14 (UNB): Employees and workers of several state-owned jute mills formed a human chain on the Khulna-Jessore highway in Fultala upazila on Saturday, protesting the government's announcement to privatise Alim Jute Mills.

CBAs and non-CBAs of the jute mills organised the hour-long human chain programme that stretched from Eastern Jute Mills to Afil Jute Mills.

The jute mill employees demanded that the government scrap the move to hand over the Alim Jute Mills to the private sector.

The government announced privatising the Alim Jute Mills about three months back.