ISRO Truck Blocked By Workers Over 'Gawking Wages' In Kerala: Report
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According to an employee of ISRO Rajeswari tasked with ensuring offload of the cargo before noon, the people demanded money for allowing the vehicle into the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) facility at Thumba in Thiruvananthapuram.
Barely a couple of days after the Kerala High Court directed the State to get rid of the practice of 'nokku-kooli' which literally means 'gawking wages', a truck of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) was blocked on Sunday by workers allegedly demanding the wages. According to an employee of ISRO Rajeswari tasked with ensuring offload of the cargo before noon, the people demanded money for allowing the vehicle into the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) facility at Thumba in Thiruvananthapuram. She told PTI that the cargo was so heavy that it can be offloaded with the use of only hydraulic systems. Despite this, she said, the people wanted money for letting the cargo in. She said ever since the VSSC was set up after acquiring land of the local residents, there was the practice of paying them whenever goods arrive.
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