80% ports will be privatised by 2030 in the country, says port employees union leader
The Hindu
80% ports will be privatised by 2030 in the country, says port employees union leader
United Port and Dock Employees Welfare Union General Secretary K. Satyanarayana has alleged that 80% of ports, including the Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA), will be privatised by 2030. The government has already privatised JNPT port and regretted that very soon the Visakhapatnam port will join the list of privatised ports, he said.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, Mr. Satyanarayana said that the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre has not taken any pro-active measures to protect government assets in the category of ports, and was not implementing the wage board rules as well to safeguard the interests of the employees and workers. He said that to raise all the issues, a two-day relay hunger strike would be held from July 25 to 26.
Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has sought a report from the State government on a complaint that the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) had taken up works amounting to ₹387 crore in violation of rules in Varuna and Srirangapatna Assembly constituencies, allegedly on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s oral instructions.
“We are organising a health research convention, which comprises a couple of workshops, community-based learning, and also cardiac care. We also included a one-day seminar on medical education, how medical education has evolved in India and the U.K., and what we can learn from each other” said Dr. Piruthivi Sukumar Dean of the International Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Leeds during his interaction with The Hindu.