Reopen Sundarban Textiles, demand Satkhira people

27 December 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Satkhira

Hundreds of workers and employees of closed Sundarban Textile Mills joined by locals yesterday formed a human chain in front of the mill gate at Katia here on Satkhira-Khulna highway demanding reopening of the mill. Satkhira Unnayan Jubo Sangram Parishad, a body working for development of the district, organised the programme. They also held a rally at the same place where Jatiya Party (Ershad) lawmaker M A Jabbar, elected from Satkhira-2 (Sadar) constituency, joined the programme. Besides him, Obaidus Sultan Bablu, Masum Billah, Advocate SM Akbar Ali, Kazi Azadur Rashid addressed the rally. The JP lawmaker blamed the immediate past government for shutting down the largest state-owned textile mill of the country on November 30 in 2008. It has rendered over 1,400 workers and staff jobless, he said adding, the government should take measures to reopen the mill at the earliest. Other speakers lamented that leaders of most political parties pledged to take measures for reopening of the mill during polls campaigns but they forgot their promise as soon as they were elected.